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EPA Head: Environmental Protection is Good for Economic Growth

Trey Granger, March 10th, 2010

In Monday's speech to the National Press Club, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson underscored a consistent message: Environmental protection helps to improve economic growth, not impedes it. Jackson went on to say environmental spending is an investment, as it improves the health conditions of communities, making them more attractive for jobs. One example she cited was the $17 billion annual savings ... read more

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Tagged airquality, energy, lead, productstewardship

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‘De-urbanizing’ Could Be Detroit’s Survival Plan

Amanda Wills, March 10th, 2010

In a plan of reverse urbanization of sorts, Detroit is plowing down its infamous crumbling defunct neighborhoods to make way for greener pastures, literally. The city is drawing up a radical, wide-scale plan that calls for demolition of abandoned homes to be turned into farmland. About a quarter of the 139-square-mile city would shift from urban to semi-rural, The Associated Press ... read more

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Tagged constructionmaterials, recycle, reuse

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