{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.bennet.senate.gov/2024/05/21/press-releases-id-876390fe-9468-4925-9eb8-8672d6b586f2/", "Bennet, Hickenlooper, Careveo Welcome Over $8 Million to Address Pollution, Revitalize Colorado Communities", "2024-05-21", "2024", "2024-05", "Democrat", "Senate", "CO", "Michael F. Bennet", "B001267", "www.bennet.senate.gov", "bennet", "https://www.bennet.senate.gov/news/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper alongside Colorado U.S. Representative Yadira Caraveo welcomed over $8 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help clean polluted and abandoned properties in Colorado. The investments were awarded through EPA\u2019s Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Programs and Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant Programs which received funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.\n\n\u201cIn the wealthiest nation in the world, every family should be able to live in a clean environment,\u201d said Bennet. \u201cThis funding will rightfully support Colorado communities disproportionately affected by contamination. These grants will help Colorado communities safely clean up polluted sites, protect their health, and rebuild in a way that creates jobs and economic opportunity.\u201d\n\n\u201cContaminated properties \u2013 like abandoned buildings with polluted soil \u2013 stifle development because of the environmental and health risks to surrounding communities,\u201d said Hickenlooper. \u201cThese Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grants will help safely revitalize these sites and open the door for more community investments.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs the first Representative for the 8th district, I\u2019m fighting for every corner of the Front Range and Northern Colorado to get their fair share of federal funding,\u201d said Caraveo. \u201cToday, we took a significant step in the right direction with major federal investments in Greeley, Northglenn, and Kersey. The more than $4.3 million federal grant announced by the EPA this morning will go toward cleaning up toxic sites and laying the groundwork for economic renewal at sites that have been abandoned or left in disrepair, positioning our communities for future economic success.\u201d\n\n\u201cEPA\u2019s Brownfields grants are helping community leaders revitalize downtown areas through the transformation of blighted properties,\u201d said KC Becker, Regional Administrator, EPA. \u201cToday\u2019s funding will help reclaim contaminated buildings, soil, water and outdoor spaces and create new economic opportunities in Greeley and Kersey.\u201d\n\nSince 1995, EPA\u2019s Brownfields Program has provided nearly $2.7 billion to assess and clean up contaminated properties. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocated $1.5 billion for the Program and has helped increase yearly investments by nearly 400 percent.\n\nThe grants will make the following investments across Colorado:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.bennet.senate.gov/2024/05/21/press-releases-id-876390fe-9468-4925-9eb8-8672d6b586f2/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8245210628956556, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}