The Globe and Mail, 4/10/14 Cleaning up nearly 25,000 sites across the country contaminated by hazardous waste and pollution will cost billions of dollars more than the federal government has anticipated, says a new analysis by Canada’s budget watchdog. And the cost could run even higher now that a new chemical used in fire-retardant foam […]

WFSU 4/1/14 The Florida Senate is set to vote on a bill meant to encourage development of contaminated areas known as brownfields. The measure adds to the tax incentives already offered by giving developers further protection from being sued. A bill now headed to the full Senate would specify developers who clean up a site cannot […]

Smart Growth America 3/6/14 You might be familiar with the concept of brownfields—vacant sites that are known or suspected to be contaminated and which must be remediated before they can be reused. A related, but less well-known concept is healthfields, which turn former brownfields into community health facilities. Healthfields are gaining wide support within regulatory […]

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Brownfields Renewal: Local communities across New York have received significant direct and indirect economic benefits from the State Brownfield Cleanup Program  (BCP) including $7 billion in total investment, 42,300 construction jobs and 15,000 direct permanent jobs (21,300 direct and indirect) – much of it during one of the worst real estate recessions in recent history…The […]

Western Gazette 2/20/14 Police have warned people to be on the look out for scrap metal thieves after an unsuccessful attempt to steal lead from a Trent home. Today a spokesman for Dorset Police said the material was on top of a bay window but was not stolen. He said: “Lead can be made less […]

Environmental Leader 2/12/14 Few would argue that the environmental standards of only a few decades ago pale in comparison to the laws, regulations and restrictions governing how chemical substances are manufactured, transported, used and disposed of today. Detection technology has also improved to the point that more chemicals – at trace amounts – are being […]