As Trump administration reforms the EPA, cleanups of America’s most toxic sites are uncertain
For nearly 100 years, the former Exide plant melted lead-acid car batteries that polluted properties in the mostly Latino ...
County commissioners pave way for development proposed near Dover superfund site
TAMPA, Fla. — Backlash over possible development in eastern Hillsborough County continued Thursday night. The board of county ...
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EPA releases 5-year reviews of Superfund sites in Massachusetts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it completed its five-year reviews of a dozen Superfund sites across Massachusetts in 2024, including multiple in Greater Lowell. Among the 12 ...
Community group seeks EPA’s assistance in cleanup of toxic legacy site
The Colorado Legacy Land/Lincoln Park Superfund site, formerly known as the Cotter Uranium Mill, closed in 2011, but more ...
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Superfund Site for South Bay may be back on the table in Trump administration
A superfund site identifies a place as contaminated with harmful, toxic chemicals. In the past- the South Bay didn't qualify. Back in October, local officials submitted a petition to the ...
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Multiple Connecticut solvents recovery sites are undergoing EPA remediation
The EPA is focused on addressing environmental hazards at the Old Southington Landfill, Raymark Industries and Solvent ...
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12 Superfund sites in Mass. reviewed by EPA
BOSTON (WWLP) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released information after reviewing 12 Superfund sites in Massachusetts, including one in Landsborough, a town in Berkshire ...
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Letter: Hochul gets it right on Climate Change Superfund Act
The Climate Change Superfund Act, which Gov. Kathy Hochul very sensibly just signed, is about fairness to taxpayers all over the state There’s no reason Democrats should have been virtually ...
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West Virginia leads 22 states suing over New York Climate Change Superfund Act
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — West Virginia led the charge against New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act, suing to block the law that requires polluters to pay for environmental damage based on ...
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Lawmakers propose tweaks to Climate Change Superfund Act
The details of the program are taking shape nearly a month after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund into law in December. Some changes to the Climate Change Superfund ...
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L.A. Fires Revive Calls for a ‘Climate Superfund’ Law in California
Specific sites — say, an old factory or a waste dump — could be identified, investigated and individually addressed. By contrast, the climate superfund laws rely on emerging fields of science ...
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West Virginia joins multi-state lawsuit over New York superfund tax
Kathy Hochul signed Legislation S.2129-B/A.3351-B, creating what she called a “climate superfund.” The law requires fossil fuel companies to pay into the climate superfund based on their share ...