[CPEO-BIF] "Trees to control contaminants at old Flint (Michigan) GM site"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Trees to control contaminants at old Flint GM site

Flint Journal (MI)
July 30, 2011

FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A federal grant will be used to help plant  
thousands of trees to control contaminants at a former General Motors  
factory near the Flint River.

The U.S. Agriculture Department has given Flint $375,000 to survey  
the property and provide a variety of trees at a place known as the  
old Chevy in the Hole manufacturing complex. The trees are expected  
to aid the natural breakdown of contaminants and prevent groundwater  
from carrying pollution to the river. Planting could start by fall.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/trees-to-control- 
contaminants-at-old-flint/6f4124e15d294cea9afec9f0669c9a00

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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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