EPA announces new funds to clean up brownfield sites

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced nearly 80 million dollars in grants to clean up and redevelop brownfields across the country. Brownfields include abandoned industrial properties, such as old gas stations, textile mills and closed smelters. The sites are often located in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods and supporters say the grants could help stimulate much needed jobs in the communities. But the clean up projects have not proved easy in the past.

We're joined by John Pendergrass. He's a co-director of the Brownfields Center at the Environmental Law Institute, a nonpartisan research and education center based in Washington DC.