December 2009
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South Carolina's Future Tied to Lowcountry Brownfield Initiatives
By Keith F. West
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 In the Dickensian sense, 2009 was the worst of times, and the best of times for South Carolina. Hit hard by the global recession, the state's unemployment soared to an alarming 12 percent. Nationally, South Carolina became the butt of jokes on late night television comedy shows as Governor Mark Sanford admitted to having an extra-marital relationship with an Argentine reporter.
Despite the embarrassing distractions, the state began planting seeds for a 21st century economy in late 2009, as a number of nationally significant, brownfield-based economic development projects were announced around the Charleston metro area.
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Source U.S. Department of Energy
 200-300 estimated number of hydrogen-fueled vehicles in the United States today
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 9,783,000 number of barrels of crude oil the United States imports each day.
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 1 million number of gallons of fresh water that can be contaminated from the used oil from one oil change.
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 $2.3 billion amount President Obama awarded for clean energy manufacturing projects across the United States
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