[CPEO-BIF] Southside Martinsville, Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

City makes pitch for 'green' projects  	
Officials seek support, funds for landfill, industrial sites


By KIM BARTO
Martinsville Bulletin (VA)
May 3, 2009

Fifth District U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello said he is “determined to make 
sure Southside gets as much as possible” to support green, 
environmentally friendly projects, such as two he viewed Saturday 
afternoon in Martinsville.

Perriello and city officials toured two potential projects that will 
need federal funding to be completed: the closed landfill, where 
officials have said capturing methane emissions from the decomposing 
trash can create revenue and electric power for the city, and the former 
American Furniture Co. and Sara Lee sites, which need environmental 
assessments before they can be rehabilitated for new businesses.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=18753

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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