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[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

'Green' EU budget to pump more money into brownfields

Ana-Maria Tolbaru
Euractiv.com
July 20, 2012

SPECIAL REPORT / The EU's new regional funds for 2014-2020 will see  
more money allocated to the regeneration of brownfield sites, helping  
old industrial areas generate new economic activity.

Background

The European Commission presented on 29 June 2011 its proposals for  
the EU's next seven-year budget for 2014-2020 - the so-called Multi- 
Annual Financial Framework.

...

The new draft budget rules, which still needs approval from the 27 EU  
member states, sees a 5% increase in funds allocated for "integrated  
actions for sustainable urban development."

This heading includes the recovery of brownfield sites, meaning more  
EU funding will be made available to regenerate them.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-industrial-revival/green-eu- 
budget-pump-money-brown-news-514007

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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