Michigan’s 24,000 contaminated brownfields, remnants of its industrial past, could make a green transformation. A $129 million EPA grant and supportive state legislation aim to turn these sites into solar energy hubs.

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Michigan’s 24,000 contaminated brownfields, remnants of its industrial past, could make a green transformation. A $129 million EPA grant and supportive state legislation aim to turn these sites into solar energy hubs.