Project Spotlights

While the industrial era ushered in economic opportunities and more efficient ways to produce goods, it was often at the expense of the environment. Manufacturing facilities throughout the country contaminated nearby soils and waterways for generations to come by generating and disposing hazardous waste and substances. Now, there are federal programs in place to clean up and restore these abandoned areas (Superfund sites) to eliminate environmental contaminants.

New York’s South Fork Wind recently became the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in federal waters to deliver power to the U.S. As the third-party National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Originally published by the Society for Ecological Restoration, ser.org