2008 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:41:21 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Bethlehem Steel, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
 
Famed Steel Plant Undergoing Radical Transformation

By Susan Logue
Voice of America
September 16, 2008
	

Bethlehem Steel was once the second-largest steel company in the U.S. Economic troubles and foreign competition forced it to close its doors a decade ago. But now, as VOA's Susan Logue reports, the plant is undergoing a major transformation.

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"In the steel site, you have the largest brownfield in the United States," says Bethlehem mayor John Callahan.

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But Callahan says what was a liability is now becoming an asset. "We are rebuilding on that site and bringing thousands of family-sustaining jobs back to this community in a way that represents every possible use you can imagine."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2008-09-15-voa50.cfm

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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