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Observation1: Inherency
Brownfields are an expansive problem in the United States
EPA 12(“Introduction to Brownfields”, US EPA Region 7 Brownfields Revitalization Program Assistance Overview, http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brownfields/index.htm, Aug 2 2012) MJJ

Public Law 107-118 (H.R. 2869) - "… improves and protects the environment.
Federal liability laws are the key disincentive to investing in brownfields; states have followed the federal model.
Kibel 98 (Paul Stanton, adjunct prof, Golden Gate U School of Law, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review. Newton: Spring 1998. Vol. 25, Iss. 3;  pg. 589, 30 pgs, Proquest)

Abandoned, deteriorating property ….development away from our cities.
Plan

The United States federal government should eliminate liability requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Responses, Compensation and Liability Act for entities that pursue solar energy development on Environmental Protection Agency-designated brownfield sites in the United States.
Observation 2: Racism
The continuation of brownfields is ignored because the black bodies affected are not recognized as full participants in society.  Brownfields embody the continued spatial regime of American segregation.

Mills 1 (Charles W. Mills, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois, Chicago, 2001, “Faces of Environmental Racism: Confronting Issues of Global Justice (2nd ed.,), p. 84-89, MV)

Segregation by law is the clearest ….dumping on the white body’s dumpsite.

Mills indicates that the continuing existence of brownfields in minority communities is rooted in a failure to recognize the members of those communities as persons whose needs count in our social and political calculations.  

Minorities are thus construed as mere objects whose particular lives may be sacrificed for the sake of another good.  
You have a prima facie obligation to reject this dehumanizing logic.  

Rawls 58 (John, “Justice as Fairness,” The Philosophical Review 67. 2 [April, 1958], p.178-183)

5. That the principles of … which the recognition of others as persons is manifested.

Observation 3: Economy

Small businesses are key to jumpstarting the U.S. economic recovery
Leo 10(Luca Di, writer for Wall Street Journal, November 10, 2011, “Bernanke: Small Businesses Important To Economic Recovery”, http://blogs.wsj.com/in-charge/2011/11/10/bernanke-small-businesses-important-to-economic-recovery/, 8/4/12, atl)

Small businesses are important …such as insufficient retirement savings.”
The US is on the edge of another recession – a failure to jump start the economy will lead to depression.
Morici 12(Peter, July 26, 2012, economist and professor at the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business, “The coming economic collapse and what can – and cannot – be done”, http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-07-26/news/fl-pmcol-economics-fri0727-20120726_1_wall-street-banks-export-driven-growth-tax-cuts, 8/2/12, atl)

The U.S. economy is teetering … recklessly and rigging markets.
The US is key to the global recovery; relatively minor changes in our national economy have large ripple effects
Caploe 9 (David, PhD in International political economy from Princeton, “Focus still on America to lead global recovery,” The Straits Times, 8/2/12)

IN THE aftermath of the G-20 summit, … even though other countries must certainly help.
Economic crisis causes war–3 reasons
Royal 10(Jedediah, director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives, pg 213-215)

Less intuitive is how periods …ancillary to those views.
Observation 4: Solvency
Altering the liability framework is key to redevelopment efforts and sustained growth

Kibel 98 (Paul Stanton Kibel, Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law, Spring 1998, “THE URBAN NEXUS: OPEN SPACE, BROWNFIELDS, AND JUSTICE,” Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, lexis)

In the area of brownfields … enterprises participate in the economic benefits of brownfields reclamation. 
“Brightfields” incentivize sustainable small business growth, 3 reasons:
1) they draw existing green ventures;
2) they provide businesses an opportunity to improve their public image;
3) they enable existing companies to meet federal, state, and local clean air regulations.  

EERE 5 (Department of Energy, May, 5, 2005, “Brightfields: Redeveloping Brownfields with Solar Energy”, http://infohouse.p2ric.org/ref/45/44493.pdf, 8/4/12, atl)

BrightfieldsCM solutions to … the long-term use. ¶ Financial Benefits
“Brightfields” provide uniquely attractive incentives for redevelopment – 5 reasons: 

EERE 5 (Department of Energy, May, 5, 2005, “Brightfields: Redeveloping Brownfields with Solar Energy”, http://infohouse.p2ric.org/ref/45/44493.pdf, 8/4/12, atl)

1) they avoid peak energy demands,
2) they have no marginal costs,
3) energy generated can be sold back to the grid for a profit,
4) they require lower threshold costs for the clean-up and maintenance of brownfields,
5) they meet higher environmental standards required for developers of brownfields

¶While photovoltaics are …use is more firmly guaranteed.
Brightfields create a model that spills over to other urban renewal projects and are key to reversing the cycle of urban abandonment 

Moskal 3[John, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, April, “Brockton Brightfields: InnovativeGreen Power Marketing Pilot,” http://www.epa.gov/swerrims//docs/iwg/BrocktonBrightfieldsfinal.pdf]

Monetizing the environmental … environmental and public health benefits for all stakeholders.
“Brightfield” redevelopment has empirically proven to be successful in addressing environmental injustice—it has reduced crime, increased revenues, and created jobs in previously abandoned sites.

Felten 6 (Jennifer, Former President of the Ventura County Escrow Association, “BROWNFIELDREDEVELOPMENT 1995-2005: AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SUCCESS STORY?”,Real Property, Probateand Trust Journal.Chicago:Winter 2006. Vol. 40, Iss. 4; pg. 679, 26 pgs, proquest)

Hence,¶the results of the … causes this distrust to dissipate.