[CPEO-BIF] "Temple [University, Pennsylvania] receives EPA grant to clean up industrial contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
Temple University
April 24, 2015

Temple receives EPA grant to clean up industrial contamination


Funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Temple University will help plan health, environmental and economic improvements in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood.

The $200,000 grant will target the cleanup and reuse of “brownfield” properties, former industrial sites where redevelopment is hampered by environmental contamination.

“Temple is the first university to receive an EPA Brownfields Area-Wide planning grant,” said EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin. “This funding to Temple underscores the university’s environmental leadership and commitment to improving the health and future of its neighboring communities.”

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For the entire release, see
http://news.temple.edu/news/2015-04-22/center-sustainable-communities-receives-epa-grant

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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