March 19
Two members of the Obama administration speaking at a National League of
Cities conference in Washington promised the nationīs multi-billion
investment in environmental and green energy projects would help stimulate
the economy by creating jobs.
"The way out of our economic challenge is through a clean energy transition
and the creation of millions of jobs in green sectors," EPA Administrator
Lisa P. Jackson said during her March 16 speech before city government
officials gathered from throughout the country.
The EPA is preparing to spend $7 billion in "shovel-ready" projects that
will protect human health and safeguard the economy -- such as improving
water and wastewater infrastructure and cleaning up brownfields and
Superfund sites, Jackson said. The agency also plans on spending money on
programs to reduce diesel engine emissions and repair leaking underground
storage tanks.
"Each one of those projects will be bringing new jobs to your cities and all
of them will protect the health and the environment for the people who live
and work there," she said. "Right now, we have greater opportunities to
protect public health and the environment than at any other time in the
history of the EPA."
Contact Waste & Recycling News senior reporter Bruce Geiselman at
330-865-6172 or bgeiselman@crain.com
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