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ID Crisis: Brownfields and ‘The Beltway’
Cover StoryBy Elizabeth Brewster

Brownfield Renewal April 2010 Promoting brownfield interests in Washington is a little like always being the new kid at school, say insiders: You have to figure out where you fit into the crowd and make a place for yourself there. The brownfield redevelopment agenda has natural affinities with many other issues but has always struggled to develop an identity of its own, says Charlie Bartsch, …






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A ‘Symphony’ of Teamwork  Defines Vegas Redevelopment A ‘Symphony’ of Teamwork Defines Vegas Redevelopment
Once a rail yard for Union Pacific Railroad, Symphony Park in downtown Las Vegas is one of the most ambitious brownfield redevelopment programs in the country. The city of Las Vegas aims to convert 61 acres of a former…
Battling Backlog: New Jersey’s LSRP to the Rescue Battling Backlog: New Jersey’s LSRP to the Rescue
Four years ago, the problem of New Jersey’s contaminated sites backlog came to a head with the “Kiddie Kollege” disaster: A day care facility was found to have been built on unremediated property that had once housed a thermometer…
Grassroots Organizations: Resilient, Results-Driven Grassroots Organizations: Resilient, Results-Driven
In June 2007, Leonard Pitts, a legendary columnist for The Miami Herald, launched a year-long look at programs that are elevating the dire circumstances facing many African American children in America today. He called his series simply, "What Works." In…
How Dynamic Data Enables Grants How Dynamic Data Enables Grants
Cities and towns across the United States have considerable incentive to remediate and reuse their brownfields. Besides protecting the environment, communities that succeed at putting contaminated sites back into productive use reduce blight, alleviate urban sprawl, attract new businesses and…
ID Crisis: Brownfields and ‘The Beltway’ ID Crisis: Brownfields and ‘The Beltway’
Promoting brownfield interests in Washington is a little like always being the new kid at school, say insiders: You have to figure out where you fit into the crowd and make a place for yourself there. The brownfield redevelopment agenda has…


Daily Update

  President Obama Announces $2 Billion for Solar Projects
Department of Energy is committing a staggering amount to two solar companies. 


  Mississippi Lags in EPA Brownfield Grants
In an effort to secure more grant funding, Magnolia State is coordinating an advanced brownfield workshop next week.





  Liberty Property Trust Receives LEED Gold Certification
At industrial building in Aurora, Ill., tenants’ annual operational savings of $.15-$.30 per square foot is anticipated.


  Court sides with paper mill in Wisconsin cleanup
Two companies that once insured Appleton Papers, Inc. are liable for $10 million toward the cleanup of the Fox River after a court decision.
 


  N.Y. DEC Enforces Cleanup Conditions at Tarrytown Site

Department of Environmental Conservation is requiring developer to implement a series of corrective actions and pay fine as a result of the company's violations of an agreed upon cleanup plan in Westchester County. 







Industry Spotlight

  Green Jobs Training Growing in Philly
The Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia has ambitious goals for the training of future green professionals.

  Rutgers’ Chinese Solar Panels Show Clean-Energy Shift
Utilizing state grant, New Jersey university helps fund solar plant project--largest to date at a U.S. university. 


  Detroit Takes First Step to Issue Recovery Zone Bonds
Use of Recovery Zone Facility Bonds, authorized by ARRA would build Wayne State University Medical School offices.


Brownfield Bookstore

Brownfields Redevelopment
Programs and Strategies for Contaminated Real Estate (Hardcover)

Cleaning up and redeveloping environmentally contaminated real estate, also knows as brownfields, can be extremely lucrative. This book is a comprehensive guide to the issues surrounding brownfields initiatives. It examines success stories of state and federal brownfields programs; the legal...


Brownfield Briefing

The news service covers the development of previously used or contaminated land. It discusses regeneration, remediation, regulation, policy and regional news....


Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development (Real Estate Issues) (Paperback)

"Overall Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development makes an excellent and timely contribution to debate in this field. The political - economic barriers to more compact forms of development are identified and the authors conclude that the state will need to...


 

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  Industry Profiles
Stephen S. Koenigsberg Ph.D Stephen S. Koenigsberg Ph.D
Vice President, Adventus Americas, Inc.
Corona del Mar, Calif.

Linda Lannen Linda Lannen
Chief Information Officer, Kleinfelder
San Diego, Calif.

Timothy Murray Timothy Murray
Lieutenant Governor, state of Massachusetts
Boston, Mass.




  Current Issue
April 2010
Brownfield Renewal April 2010 ID Crisis: Brownfields and ‘The Beltway’
Cover StoryBy Elizabeth Brewster

Promoting brownfield interests in Washington is a little like always being the new kid at school, say insiders: You have …



 A ‘Symphony’ of Teamwork Defines Vegas Redevelopment
 Advocating For…advocacy!
 Battling Backlog: New Jersey’s LSRP to the Rescue



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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