"Officials Unveil $80M Cleanup Plan of Passaic River"
"NEWARK — The first steps in a Superfund cleanup of massive dioxin deposits in the Passaic River were unveiled by officials today."
Source: Newark Star-Ledger, 11/02/2011
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"Industrial Solvent TCE Even More Dangerous To People"
"EPA finds trichloroethylene causes kidney and liver cancer, lymphoma and other health problems. The decision could raise the cost of cleanups nationwide, including in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys."
Source: LA Times, 09/30/2011
Cleanup Planned for Largest Abandoned Uranium Mine on Navajo Nation
"SANTA FE -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a plan for the clean up of the largest and highest priority abandoned uranium mine on the Navajo Nation."
Source: ENS, 09/30/2011
EPA Orders $60 Million Cleanup at California Aerospace Superfund Site
"SACRAMENTO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered a $60 million cleanup of groundwater polluted with rocket fuel at the Aerojet Superfund Site in Sacramento County, the latest phase of a long-term decontamination project at the site."
Source: ENS, 09/30/2011
Obama Deficit Plan Targets Oil And Gas Tax Breaks, Farm Subsidies
"US President Barack Obama on Monday introduced a wide-ranging proposal to save the federal government $3 trillion over the next 10 years by cutting spending and raising taxes, including the repeal of a number of tax subsidies for the oil and gas industry." ...
Source: Platts, 09/20/2011
New Jersey Superfund Site Still Underwater Following Hurricane Irene
"BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- The floodwaters deposited by Hurricane Irene have submerged a chemical dump in Bridgewater — one of the most toxic sites in the nation — raising serious concerns and spurring several dozen contractors into action even though some sections remain 13 feet underwater."
Source: Newark Star-Ledger, 09/09/2011
"Vermont Presses Post-Irene Recovery, Braces for More Flooding"
"BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- A week after Tropical Storm Irene washed out scores of roads across southern and central Vermont, state officials on Saturday worked to restore more routes and worried about forecasts for more heavy rain."
Source: Reuters, 09/05/2011
"NW Tribes Drive Effort To Save Primitive Fish"
"As long as American Indians have lived in the Pacific Northwest, they have looked to a jawless, eel-like fish for food."
Source: AP, 08/03/2011
"A Rancid Canal Runs Through It"
"Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, labeled 'one of the most contaminated bodies of water in the nation,' isn't just a filthy Superfund site. To urbanites, it's a little piece of the outdoors."
Source: LA Times, 08/02/2011
EPA Knew About Montana Asbestos Contamination
"Federal regulators knew potentially contaminated bark and wood chips were being sold from a Superfund site in the asbestos-tainted town of Libby, Mont., for three years before they stopped the practice, according to a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency to U.S. Sen. Max Baucus."
Source: AP, 07/20/2011
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