RACER Announces Pending Transactions, Selection Process for Former Indy GM Property

RACER Trust, the entity created to take ownership of former General Motors industrial properties in 14 states following the automaker’s bankruptcy reorganization and to remediate and sell them for redevelopment or reuse, is off to a strong start in 2017.

Five Questions Corp.’s Need Consider Before Selling Contaminated Brownfields for Redevelopment

The perspective of this article, penned by Tad Diethrich, Vice President Brownfield Development for Reterro, Inc., is to provide advice for reducing risk when selling contaminated property for redevelopment.

No Shortage of Hot Topics in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast Region

The Brownfield Coalition of the Northeast (BCONE) Summer of 2016 has accumulated the following “front-burner” topics.

Roadmap to Remediation, Redevelopment and Results

The RE3 Conference in Philadelphia will encompass 40 technical and expert developer presentations, networking and deal opportunities, case studies, continuing education credits, and more. The event focuses on the benefits, challenges and value creation associated with the redevelopment and finance of sites that have environmental and economic concerns. New and applied technologies and methodologies for dealing with contaminated waste are discussed and presented.

Providence, R.I. Beneficiary of EPA’s AWP Grant Initiative

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected Providence, Rhode Island, and the Eastern Maine Development Corp. to receive funding to assist with planning for cleanup and reuse of Brownfield sites as part of the Brownfields Area-Wide Planning (AWP) program.

GOP chairman vows to do away with EPA 'secret science'

The Republican chairman of the House science committee vowed to do away with the Environmental Protection Agency's "secret science" in an effort to make the agency "great again."

EPA Announces $2 Million to Assist Tribes’ Brownfields Efforts

Kansas State university will help tribes across the country identify solutions on assessing and cleaning up brownfields, developing reuse plans, and financing options.