[CPEO-BIF] "EPA Screens More Than 66, 000 Contaminated Sites for Renewable Energy Potential"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
U.S. EPA
August 5, 2013

EPA Screens More Than 66,000 Contaminated Sites for Renewable Energy  
Potential


WASHINGTON â Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  
updated its RE-Powering Mapping and Screening Tool, which will now  
provide preliminary screening results for renewable energy potential  
at 66,000, up from 24,000, contaminated lands, landfills, and mine  
sites across the country. The RE-Powering Americaâs Land Initiative,  
started by EPA in 2008, encourages development of renewable energy on  
potentially contaminated land, landfills and mine sites when it is  
aligned with the communityâs vision for the site.

âWe see responsible renewable energy development on contaminated  
lands and landfills as a win-win-win for the nation, local  
communities, and the environment,â said Mathy Stanislaus, assistant  
administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.  
âIn President Obamaâs Climate Action Plan, the administration set  
a goal to double renewable electricity generation by 2020. By  
identifying the renewable energy potential of contaminated sites  
across the country, these screening results are a good step toward  
meeting national renewable energy goals in order to address climate  
change, while also cleaning up and revitalizing contaminated lands in  
our communities.â

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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/ 
0/1453114A4728FA0385257BBE00580004

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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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