Southwest
By Steve Dwyer
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The Southwest region spreads out over a vast area that is sometimes called the “wide open spaces.” Petroleum has brought the region most of its wealth, as the region consists of
large deposits of petroleum and natural gas, as well as various other minerals.
In the 1900s, refineries and petrochemical factories were attracted to the
Southwest, and for a long stretch the region has been able to attract oil and
gas producers due to the compatibility the region had to push their businesses.
Over the years, a number of these oil and gas sites had to be shuttered due to
various factors, including contamination. Many of these properties have been
viewed as prime parcels for brownfield development projects.
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Southwest: People
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Lynne Birkinbine Environmental
Manager, city of Tucson Environmental Services Birkinbine manages
brownfields projects and environmental compliance for the city of Tucson, and
has been involved with the Fort Lowell Restoration project since the city
acquired the property. She works closely
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Southwest: Skirvin Hilton Hotel
LOCATION: 1 Park Ave., Oklahoma City, Okla.
SIZE: 1.45 acres, of which 250,600 sq. ft. comprise the building’s footprint.
SITE BACKGROUND:
Hotel opened in 1911 and was one of the first buildings in Oklahoma City to have air
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Southwest: Albuquerque Downtown @ 700-2nd
LOCATION: Corner of Lomas and 2nd St., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
SIZE: 1 acre
SITE BACKGROUND: Built adjacent to a superfund site called the Fruit Avenue Plume, the New Mexico Environment Dept.’s Remediation Oversight Section provided SHC-NM with
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Southwest: Old Fort Lowell Restoration
LOCATION: Tucson, Ariz.
SIZE: 5.5 acres
SITE BACKGROUND: Between 1873 and 1891, the site was a supply base for the U.S. Army “Apache Campaigns.” In 2006, the city of Tucson acquired the property
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  28 percent approximate amount of all energy used in the Unites States for transporting people and goods from one place to another.
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 200-300 estimated number of hydrogen-fueled vehicles in the United States today
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 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.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 20 million number of people that celebrated the first Earth Day on Aril 22, 1970.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 $2.3 billion amount President Obama awarded for clean energy manufacturing projects across the United States
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 509 approximate number of operational landfill gas (LFG) energy projects currently in the United States. LFG electricity generation projects provide the energy equivalent of powering more than 920,000 homes annually
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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