[CPEO-BIF] Biofuels from mine-scarred lands, West Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Grass in Your Gas Could Reclaim Surface Mines

Updated Wednesday, September 10, 2008 ; 05:42 PM

More than half-million doled out to research renewable energy future.

by Craig McKee
State Journal (WV)
September 10, 2008


HUNTINGTON -- Right now there are thousands of sites across the state 
that are deemed 'Brownfield ' sites or areas where industry has left the 
ground contaminated and unusable either through chemicals or leftover 
buildings. But there's an effort underway that could put grass in your 
gas tank and help clean up mining sites.

The remnants of mountain top removal are not something easily 
overlooked, however, a check for $550,000 presented during opening 
remarks at the 2008 West Virginia Brownfields Conference at the Pullman 
Plaza Hotel in Huntington, is the state's way of saying *lets* do 
something about it.

"We want to see those put back into a renewable energy product," said 
Randy Huffman, Secretary of the West Virginia Department of 
Environmental Protection.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=43824

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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