[CPEO-BIF] Massachusetts: "Using gold to turn the region's brownfields into green"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Using gold to turn the region's brownfields into green

By Laura Krantz
MetroWest Daily News (MA)
November 30, 2012

Toxic dirt in MetroWest and the Milford area can tax the wallets of  
cities, towns and residents who want to develop property where former  
mills and factories left behind pollution.

But buckets of federal and state money are helping cities and towns  
in this region clean up those polluted sites, known as brownfields.

No MetroWest or Milford-area cities or towns were among communities  
tapped Thursday by Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray to receive special help  
from a group of state officials that aid cleanup at some of the worst  
sites.

But Framingham, Ashland, Bellingham and Franklin are among  
communities in the region trying to clean up those properties that  
can be tricky to sell or develop because of potential pollution.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x719500111/Using-gold-to-turn- 
the-regions-brownfields-into-green

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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