Argonne Cleans Up Brownfield Sites
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Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago has what it claims is a new, inexpensive way to clean up contaminated areas of land - by planting trees. Specialists have developed a tree with roots that grow straight down, to absorb polluted water and release it into the air.
Published: 11/10/09 6:15pm
Running Time: 05:48
Related Keywords: Land (Environment), Industry (Electric Grid), Electric Grid, Environment, Clean Skies News, Lee Patrick Sullivan, aquafer, Argonne, biofuels, brownfield sites, Chicago, Cristina Negri, David Lloyd, economic stimulus, EPA, groundwater, irrigation, land pollution, Nebraska, pollutants, poplar trees, water pollution
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This week on GreenSense Radio Brownfield Redevelopment was also discussed. Hundreds of thousands of brownfields - environmentally impaired properties - dot the urban landscape. Like perspiration stains from our industrial past, you can see these properties sitting vacant, abandoned, or underutilized because people are afraid of the unknown cost of environmental cleanup and liability. Many of these sites also have buildings that are functionally obsolete, and are in bad locations with little economic or market value.
Brownfields left idle create social, environmental, and economic decay. An entire industry has formed to put these properties back into productive use, recycling land and infrastructure, making it one of the more tangible forms of sustainable development - creating jobs, improving the local property tax rolls, and cleaning up polluted sites.
Join Robert Colangelo as he interviews guests from the USEPA Brownfield Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana as they offer their perspective on what it takes to clean up and green-up these sites. Meet entrepreneurial developers who are taking the risk to buy these sites, policy makers and staff from local governments who are making sure that these sites are cleaned to protect human health and the environment, and technical experts who are helping buyers and sellers make transactions. Hear how a contracting real estate market affects brownfield redevelopment, why more government funding isn’t invested into brownfields, how you turn a brownfield site green, and much more by technische Übersetzung Übersetzung Norwegisch Deutsch
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Our demands and needs, we get
Our demands and needs, we get it from earth. So it’s our duty to keep our earth clean and green. It's a great initiation by Argonne National Laboratory of Chicago. The way they are heading is really appreciable work.
Forestation is one of the best ways to preserve our natural resources. Personally speaking, in our town, youngsters have started new campaign to start afforestation. Instead of organizing wild party in their birthday, we started to plant a tree in every one's birthday and I think that would be successful plan.
Due to pollution, deforestation, contaminated water, air pollution, sound pollution etc, lots of people are being suffered by different diseases.
We might not be able to purify rivers, might not be able to decrease noise pollution but at least we can do what we are able to. So, move on and start new and small campaigns which can cause some big difference .
Brownfields left idle create
Brownfields left idle create social, environmental, and economic decay. An entire industry has formed to put these properties back into productive use, recycling land and infrastructure, making it one of the more tangible forms of sustainable development - creating jobs, improving the local property tax rolls, and cleaning up polluted sites.
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It is great to see that they are trying to do something to clean up these sites. Hopefully they can get to the point where the water will be drinkable again and not destroy the plants. I wonder if any of the residents are making claims on their catastrophic health insurance plans for this disaster.
Brownfields left idle create
Brownfields left idle create social, environmental, and economic decay. An entire industry has formed to put these properties back into productive use, recycling land and infrastructure, making it one of the more tangible forms of sustainable development - creating jobs, improving the local property tax rolls, and cleaning up polluted sites.
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This week on GreenSense Radio
This week on GreenSense Radio Brownfield Redevelopment was also discussed. Hundreds of thousands of brownfields - environmentally impaired properties - dot the urban landscape. Like perspiration stains from our industrial past, you can see these properties sitting vacant, abandoned, or underutilized because people are afraid of the unknown cost of environmental cleanup and liability. Many of these sites also have buildings that are functionally obsolete, and are in bad locations with little economic or market value.
Brownfields left idle create social, environmental, and economic decay. An entire industry has formed to put these properties back into productive use, recycling land and infrastructure, making it one of the more tangible forms of sustainable development - creating jobs, improving the local property tax rolls, and cleaning up polluted sites.
Join Robert Colangelo as he interviews guests from the USEPA Brownfield Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana as they offer their perspective on what it takes to clean up and green-up these sites. Meet entrepreneurial developers who are taking the risk to buy these sites, policy makers and staff from local governments who are making sure that these sites are cleaned to protect human health and the environment, and technical experts who are helping buyers and sellers make transactions. Hear how a contracting real estate market affects brownfield redevelopment, why more government funding isn’t invested into brownfields, how you turn a brownfield site green, and much more by mp3 search .