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October 2008


Brownfield Renewal October 2008 Navigating Brownfield Financing in a Low-Tide Market
Cover StoryBy Jonathan Robbins

Today’s Market Feels Yesterday’s Mistakes Weeks after the government takeovers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis continues. While the financial downturn affects every avenue of the United States economy, those alleys closest to the real estate market are feeling it the most, even in the relatively removed brownfield market. Scott Beckerman, vice president and manager of Comerica Banks’ Environmental Risk Management Group, said he’s seen banks shy …

Features

Case Study
Urban Development 101: University of Dayton Transforms a Riverfront Brownfield
By Todd C. Davis, Teri Rizvi

Others
A Closer Look at Socially Responsible Investing
By Daniel T. Allen

Others
Unsticking Stuck Brownfields
By By Ken Kastman

Others
Renewable Energy Development Initiative: Siting Renewable Energy on Contaminated Lands and Mining Sites
By Penelope McDaniel

Others
Running on Empty
By Jamie Nesbitt

Others
Breaking Ground: Pull-a-Part
By Nicole A. Walker

Others
Spotlight: Ken Johnson
By Nicole A. Walker

Others
Conservation Brownfields: Making a Business Case for Nature
By Chris Olson

Others
Brownfields in Paradise? You Bet . . .
By Davis Bernstein, Anna Fernandez, Bruce Tsutsui

Others
Massachusetts Brownfields Programs Celebrate Achievement and Look to the Future
By Timothy Murray

Others
Eureka! or UECA?
By Brett McGovern

Regional Report
Southern Region:
By Martin Shelton

Southern Region: Projects

Southern Region
By Nicole A. Walker

Southern Region: People
By Jamie Nesbitt

Southern Region: Policies

View from the Field
Amendments to New York State Brownfield Cleanup Act
By Dave Freeman

Departments

Industry Snapshot
US & Canadian Marketwatch (2Q 2008)

Knowledge Source
Industry Reads

Policy
Committee Watch
By Charlie Bartsch

Political Views
Where the Candidates Stand

Publisher Letter
A Whole New World
By R. V. Colangelo

Transportation
In Transit
By Jamie Nesbitt

Women
Women on the Move
By Jamie Nesbitt

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  Industry Profiles
H. Keith DuBois H. Keith DuBois
Brownfields Program Coordinator, New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services (NHDES)
Concord, New Hampshire

Aaron Scheff Aaron Scheff
Brownfield Response Program Manager, Idaho Dept. of Environmental Quality
Idaho

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





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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