Law360 (July 2, 2024, 4:07 PM EDT) -- A Law360 Real Estate Authority analysis of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's brownfield grant awards since the program's inception shows a steep increase in funding, particularly in funding of cleanups, since the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was passed in 2021. 

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$1.5B Funding Surge Highlights EPA's Brownfields Evolution
By Emma Kennedy I June 5, 2024
Building on what's already a much-touted bipartisan success story, the Environmental Protection Agency has ironed out many of its brownfields program wrinkles and is now equipped with a surge of funding. 
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Historic Brownfields Funding Is Fueling Cleanup Catch-Up
By Emma Kennedy I June 12, 2024
Under the time crunch of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, funding for brownfield cleanups has increased by more than 700% in the last three years as cities and nonprofits vie to tackle their most complex sites.
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How Milwaukee Tops US In EPA Brownfield Winnings
By Nate Beck I June 19, 2024
The city of Milwaukee's redevelopment agency has won nearly twice as many federal grants to clean up brownfield properties as any other government entity in the United States. Dave Misky, assistant director at the Milwaukee Redevelopment Authority, reflects on the agency's success. 
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EPA Funding Spurs Remediation Push On Alaska Native Land
By Grace Dixon I June 26, 2024
Thousands of sites contaminated by WWII, oil and gas exploration and mining were transferred to Alaska Native ownership in a 1971 deal settling land claims in the state. Now, an influx of funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other sources has seriously boosted cleanup work.
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The data analysis is the latest in the Breaking Ground on Brownfield series. Read the entire series here.

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