April 2008
Brownfields: The Legacy of the Auto Industry
Cover StoryBy Gary R. Keppler, Leah K. Piwinski, David E. Rosenbaum
For more than 100 years, large tracts of land have been used by U.S. automotive
manufacturers (USAM) for the production of vehicles. Over the last 20 years,
the amount of land required by the industry has diminished dramatically for a variety of reasons, including more efficient
production and reduction in consumer demand as automakers face a surplus of
domestic manufacturing capacity.
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Features
International Report
A World View of Brownfields
By Richard G. Opper
Others
Greening Brownfields for Ecological Enhancement
By Ken Kastman
Others
Downturn Times Call for Tax Incentives
By Charlie Bartsch
Others
Nested Sustainability Efforts: From Green Buildings to a Sustainable State
Others
Leaning Toward Sustainability
Michigan Sets the Pace for Redevelopment
Others
By Jean Derenzy, Susan Sandell, Susan Erickson, Andrew Smits
Michigan Sets the Pace for Redevelopment
Michigan Sets the Pace for Redevelopment
Others
Green, Brown and Historic
By Peter Primavera
Regional Report
Baltimore’s Waterfront Gets a New Look
By Jamie Nesbitt
Iowa Project Wins Phoenix Award
By Jamie Nesbitt
Brownfields in Paradise
By Rick Smith
Luxury and History Find Common Ground in Liberty Harbor
By Jamie Nesbitt
Hail the New Britannia
By Gerry O&rsquo, Hara, Barry Azevedo
Special Report
A Holistic Life-Cycle Aproach for Remediation
By Bob Boughton
Special Report
Minimizing Cleanup Footprints
By Carlos Pachon
Special Report
Finding Perfect Balance
By Deborah Goldblum, Bob Greaves
View from the Field
Give Developer’s Their Due
By Todd S. Davis, Esq.
Departments
Opinion
A True RCRA Brownfield
By Nina G. Marshtein, PG
Publisher Letter
A Father’s Lessons in Sustainability
By Robert V. Colangelo
Women
Terri Smith: A League of Her Own
By Jamie Nesbitt
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Industry Profiles
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Count On It
  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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