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EPA Awards $2.6 Million for Brownfields Environmental Job Training
January 15 - Thirteen communities in 12 states will share $2.6 million in job training grants geared toward cleaning up contaminated properties and turning them into productive community assets. The grants will teach environmental assessment and cleanup job skills to individuals living in areas near brownfields sites in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. more...

Manufacturers, Retails Boost Consumer Electronics Recycling
January 9 - Plug-In to eCycling partners expanded their electronics recycling programs and collected and recycled more than 66.5 million pounds of used electronics in 2008, nearly a 30 percent increase from the previous year. Plug-In To eCycling is a partnership between EPA and leading consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers that fosters opportunities for consumers to donate or recycle their used electronics. more...

$1.75 Million Grant to Strengthen Tribal Partnerships
December 3 - Northern Arizona University's Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals received a $1.75 million grant to support a steering committee of tribal co-regulators to work with EPA on solid and hazardous waste cleanup issues. EPA is also releasing a tribal strategy to advance the protection and restoration of land in Indian country. more...

America Recycles Day Celebrates Recycling Progress, Seeks Further Gains
November 14 - November 15 is the 11th Annual America Recycles Day, an opportunity to encourage increased recycling through eduction and public events. Americans recycled more in 2007 than they did in 2006, and EPA's Green Scenes video podcast series recently discussed ways to recycle even more in 2008. more...

New Plan Will Improve Cleanup of Petroleum-Contaminated Sites
November 3 - EPA is bolstering efforts to clean up petroleum-contaminated brownfields sites through the development of the Petroleum Brownfields Action Plan (PDF) (11 pp, 161K,  About PDF). This plan will help build partnerships and expand technical assistance to assist Brownfields cleanups, which increase jobs and revitalize communities.

EPA Powers Up Contaminated Sites into Renewable Energy
September 23 – In a novel approach to returning land to productive use, EPA has identified thousands of properties that could potentially host solar, wind or biomass energy production facilities. EPA pinpointed these energy assets using Google Earth and has listed each property’s attributes for energy redevelopment. more...

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