Activists Seek New EPA Brownfields Grant Guidance To Boost Renewables

Activists are urging EPA to change its guidance for awarding brownfields grants to emphasize the economic benefits of renewable energy projects and prioritize grants in environmental justice communities, in an effort to both boost and target federal funding for such projects. For example, The Wilderness Society wrote a Nov. 17 letter to Mathy Stanislaus, EPA's assistant administrator for the Office of Solid Waste & Emergency Response (OSWER), urging the agency to change its fiscal year 2010 brownfields cleanup guidance to...