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Hyde Park residents to get help for contamination.

Christopher Reeves wrote 2 weeks ago:   By Sylvia Cooper| Agusta Chronicle Augusta commissioners approved refunding half of 2007 and 2008 … more →

Tags: Georgia, Environmental Damages, Toxic Substances, Business

Four firms to present plans for Doraville GM plant

Christopher Reeves wrote 2 weeks ago:   By KEVIN DUFFY | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The four companies vying to redevelop the Dor … more →

Tags: Georgia, land, Permit, Business

Brno Architecture: Old Things Go, New Things Come. And Some Return

Petr Bokuvka wrote 1 month ago: There is an old viaduct near the Brno Main Station. I think this very bridge has been used since 188 … more →

Tags: Brno, Culture, Travel, Architecture, Czech, Functionalism, Railway, Skyscrapers, Trains

U.S. EPA to give $50,000 grant to develop solar energy plant on old landfill in Houston, Texas.

Lawyer Sanders wrote 2 months ago: U.S. EPA awarded the city of Houston, Texas $50,000 to help develop a solar energy plant on the site … more →

Tags: Brownsfields, U.S. EPA, Solar energy, Texas, houston

The Big Deal 2009 - Brownfield & Sustainable Development Conference

edmontonindustrial wrote 2 months ago: The web site for the 2009 “The Big Deal” conference, hosted by the National Brownfields … more →

Tags: brownfield development, National Brownfield Association, the big deal

Maritime officials fear a change on the Delaware.

goingcoastal wrote 2 months ago: The maritime industry on the Delaware River is in a stormy mood. A developer, Charles Gallub, who n … more →

Tags: maritime, Region, Dredging, Port of New York-New Jersey, dredged materials, camden county, Delaware

Brownfield Redevelopment in Alberta: Analysis and Recommended Reforms

edmontonindustrial wrote 2 months ago: In 2006, the Environmental Law Centre (ELC) published a report on Alberta brownfield redevelopment f … more →

Canadian Oil Sands Have a "PR" Problem.

edmontonindustrial wrote 2 months ago: Some call it an “environmental” or “sustainability” problem, depending which … more →

Tags: Eco-Industrial

City Kicks Off Brownfield Outreach Program Today

LT wrote 2 months ago: In the inbox today, an email from the Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation: “As p … more →

Tags: Bloomberg, PlaNYC

Living with our Legacies2 comments

adamfritz wrote 3 months ago: Humanity has long been preoccupied with leaving behind a legacy for future generations.  Some money … more →

Tags: Power of Cities, Indigenous Rights, climate change, sustainability, Legacies, Aboriginal peoples, Residential Schools, urban sprawl, nuclear waste

State Reaches New Agreement on Brownfields

LT wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday, during the last scheduled day of the legislative session in Albany, New York lawmakers re … more →

Tags: Environmental Justice, New York State

Engineering Controls for Managing Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air

mjavaherian wrote 4 months ago: Following the thread of discussions on Brownfields and the recently published vapor intrusion assess … more →

Tags: General environmental health, Environmental health, California, Vapor Intrusion, indoor air, monitoring

Vapor Intrusion Assessment in Support of Real Estate Transactions3 comments

mjavaherian wrote 4 months ago: As outlined in last week’s posting, Brownfields development has proven to be a practical solution … more →

Tags: General environmental health, Environmental health, Vapor Intrusion, monitoring, volatile organic compounds, VOCs

Brownfields Yield Higher Returns

edmontonindustrial wrote 5 months ago: According to developer Stuart Lichter of Industrial Realty Group.  This was an answer in response … more →

Tags: Brownfields 2008

Brownfields - contaminated properties posing a real challenge

mjavaherian wrote 5 months ago: Hazardous substances and related contamination at real properties significantly affect redevelopment … more →

Tags: General environmental health, Environmental health, monitoring, volatile organic compounds, VOCs

So what do you know about vapor intrusion?

Kathleen wrote 5 months ago: No, it is not somebody’s cheap cologne wafting into your space and causing your allergies to a … more →

Tags: water, hazardous waste, united states, Vapor Intrusion, Plume, groundwater, site cleanup, Pumps

I will no longer develop brownfields because . . .1 comment

edmontonindustrial wrote 5 months ago: Unpredictable cost of site remediation . . . Brownfield cleanups are unpredictable . . . Banks refus … more →

Tags: Environment, brownfield development, development, Remediation

City selects green Gowanus developer

goingcoastal wrote 5 months ago: Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal is going green—Gowanus Green, to be precise. And the winning developmen … more →

Tags: Go Coastal, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, public place, Gowanus Canal, Waterfront development

What is a Brownfield?

edmontonindustrial wrote 5 months ago: Nicely done CREA!   The Canadian Real Estate Association has been lobbying for the public & pri … more →

Tags: Real Estate, Developers, site remediation, Environmental


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