[CPEO-BIF] Former BASF manufacturing facility, Rensselaer, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

From a landfill, an oasis springs

Former BASF manufacturing facility becomes education center and  
wildlife habitat

by yi-ke peng
Albany Times-Union (NY)
September 22, 2011

Near the Port of Rensselaer there now stands a curious site: a  
wildlife habitat with an environmental education classroom nestled in  
a bleak industrial zone, separated from the power plant and mounds of  
scrap metal next door by just a stretch of wire fencing.

The opening of the unlikely oasis Wednesday marks the completion of a  
more than $20 million project by Germany-based BASF chemical company  
to transform the site of its former manufacturing facility into a  
resource for the community.

The 90-acre site now has 10 acres of wildlife habitat with an  
education center built to meet the highest standards for green  
building design and 40 acres of land available for redevelopment,  
with the remaining 40 acres leased to Empire Generating Co., which  
operates a natural gas power plant on the property.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/From-a-landfill-an-oasis- 
springs-2182869.php

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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