During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to "restore the strength of the Superfund program by requiring polluters to pay for the cleanup of contaminated sites they created." He was ...

Republicans in both chambers have reintroduced legislation to eliminate a key “polluter pays” industry tax used to fund EPA cleanups at the nation’s most contaminated sites. Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso ...

Jeff Van Drew (R-2nd) toured the former Kil-Tone Superfund site in Vineland U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-2nd) says Superfund remediation work should transcend party politics. Van Drew spoke Monday ...

During his 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to restore the Superfund to its previous strength by resurrecting a tax on the oil and chemical industries. The Environmental Protection ...

New Jersey is home to nearly 9% of the nation’s Superfund sites — more than any other state. They range from chemical plants with toxic byproducts leached into the soil, ...

As part of the recently unveiled infrastructure deal, the Biden administration announced plans to reinstate the Superfund taxes on chemical manufacturers in the United States. The proposal would ...

If reinstated, the Superfund provision would provide a stable, dedicated source of revenue for the program and increase the pace of Superfund cleanup. It also would ensure that parties who benefit ...