| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Thu, 6 Jun 2019 07:32:49 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "There’s no telling how many empty industrial buildings are rotting away on polluted properties in Connecticut." |
The Cities Project: One problem with empty, blighted buildings? Knowing how many there are. BY MICHAEL PUFFER WATERBURY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN (CT) June 1, 2019 WATERBURY - There’s no telling how many empty industrial buildings are rotting away on polluted properties in Connecticut. The brownfield inventory maintained by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection lists 516 sites. But state officials admit that’s not comprehensive. Sites can only land on the list after state involvement in cleanup efforts. Given the state’s long industrial history, DEEP estimates there are “probably tens of thousands” of polluted sites. … For the entire article, see https://www.rep-am.com/local/news-local/2019/06/01/the-cities-project-one-problem-with-empty-blighted-buildings-knowing-how-many-there-are/ -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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