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    Communities in Vt., Maine, to get EPA money

    Communities in Vt., Maine, to get EPA money for technical help with sustainability

    Associated Press – Mon, Feb 11, 2013

    BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says one community in Vermont and two in Maine will receive technical assistance to pursue sustainable growth that encourages local economic development while safeguarding people's health and the environment.

    Brattleboro, along with Brunswick and Portland in Maine, are among 43 communities in 27 states across the country chosen to receive the assistance through the EPA's Blocks for Sustainable Communities program.

    EPA staff and national experts will conduct one- or two-day workshops focusing on the specific sustainability goal each community chose in their initial application to EPA.

    Some of the tools offered this year included projects called a Green Building Toolkit, Land Use Strategies to Protect Water Quality, and Using Smart Growth to Produce Economic and Fiscal Health.

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    12 comments

    • Tom
      Tom  •  5 days ago
      The could make solar panels and dump the sludge and polluted water into all
      the streams and rivers with this kind of money.
    • Dave
      Dave  •  4 days ago
      The EPA has NO Money!!! It's TAXPAYER money!!!
    • The Legman
      The Legman  •  5 days ago
      Still waiting for their employees to pay their back taxes.
    • yoninadi
      yoninadi  •  5 days ago
      Probably a few individuals that will be administering these EPA money blocks will benefit financially instead of the communities.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  5 days ago
      They need to get their #$%$ up to the International Paper mill in Jay,Maine holy PH#K that place is dumping some serious pollution into the androscoggin river.It smells like a baby diaper filled with rotten cabbage anywhere within 30 miles of that place.I dryheave everytime i drive through that town its really that bad.
    • Oscar Mayer
      Oscar Mayer  •  5 days ago
      Better to throw bundles of cash in an incinerator.
    • Peacelady
      Peacelady  •  4 days ago
      Give EPA and other Federal grants to Blue States only. Their residents are the ones who believe our environment needs to be protected and that global warming is a real issue. Federal money is wasted on the Reds.
    • J
      J  •  4 days ago
      Good.
    • Jeff
      Jeff  •  5 days ago
      How many businesses were destroyed to get the money for these giveaways?
    • Old Native
      Old Native  •  5 days ago
      These are small cities, Portsmouth NH would have been about the same size, and with problems like 6 legged frogs, near the old airbase. Either a problem, or a plus, if you are supplying restaurants.
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