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A big calendar of brownfield conferences on environment, energy, planning, remediation and redevelopment in 2017 will deliver huge educational, social and professional opportunities.
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January 05-07 | IICSEEHawaii 2017 | International Academic Forum (IAFOR) – IAFOR International Conference on Sustainability, Energy &a......
The e-commerce revolution took a long time to build up, but now an online flood led by Amazon is sweeping away weak hands. One-third of malls may close in the next decade, even as retail sales rise to new record highs.
Last week, we discussed Amazon’s blowout $35.7 billion quarter and how U.S. consumer spending and retail sales have re......
Runaway results from Amazon pile onto recent reports of record store closings. A new generation of greyfields is born.
After the bell yesterday, Amazon reported its first-quarter earnings and blew away analyst estimates. The online juggernaut's e-commerce and cloud-computing businesses continued to take market share. Retail sales jumped ......
Record store closings could be met with record store openings in 2017 as a retail renaissance reinvents and reshapes the space forever. Many legacy retailers are losing their relevance even in a swelling growth environment breaking retail sales records.
Retail sales disappointed last Friday (May 12), but only because reported growt......
Are three brownfield bills and widely shared bipartisan support a sign that leaders on Capitol Hill are ready to rev up the redevelopment and revitalization agenda?
Now everybody is talking about infrastructure. The redevelopment revolution that began as a small spark in the depths of the Great Recession now promises to spread across the lan......
Go-to digest from U.S. EPA centralizes requirements for entering a brownfield into each state’s response program to get to “NFA” and get your property back into productive use
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Brownfields Program last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched its Next Generation Brownf......
Multiple studies show brownfield redevelopment raises property values, catalyzes investment and returns orders of magnitude on public investment.
Decades of research have consistently demonstrated that close proximity to polluted sites, brownfields and other unwanted land uses decreases property values substantially. But you don’t......
Active search underway for potential solar sites in Massachusetts on brownfields and landfills to develop in 2017
Brownfield Listings is excited to announce that Massachusetts is about to get a bit brighter thanks to the recent extension of the Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC-II) program by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resource......
Manage the risk in your brightfield development from pre-construction to operation to insure the sun steadily shines on your investment
Brightfield development is creating value and providing tangible rewards for stakeholders—many of which have been deadlocked in limbo with little potential for productive use on their property. Closed ......
What is a brownfield? Is there one definition or many? How will the brownfield question define my legal liability when I purchase real estate?
Brownfield definitions can and do vary by state, but Congress and the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002 defined the term "brownfield" as "real p......
Has the competitive position of the U.S. economy ever been greater than it is today? This series examines the data and explores the ups and downs we’re experiencing on the way to making this America’s best century.
After decades of waiting, U.S. wages have started rising. In September, the Census Bureau reported that median U.S. ......
Getting the most out of the data collection for your EPA Brownfields Grant application
Congratulations on meeting the deadline to submit your EPA Brownfields Grant proposal! You worked hard to collect data and create a winning description of your project. Now the waiting begins until EPA announces whether you will receive your grant in the s......
Community Solar is opening new development opportunities on marginal sites of all shapes and sizes, driving brownfield demand and making solar energy more accessible than ever—even to those without a roof or open field of their own.
Industry has long since left. It’s been decades since the last car fueled up. ......
A new proprietary and game-changing innovation called Cost Volatility Analysis (CVA) is revolutionizing environmental risk analysis
In the new era of rigorous risk analysis and due diligence that emerged following the 2008 financial shock, environmental liability and risk are no longer footnotes. Not handling and accounting for environme......
