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"Pollution from Plastic Trash May Make Tiny Island a Superfund Site"

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to study whether plastic pollution on a small island in the Pacific Ocean is severe enough to warrant listing it as a Superfund clean-up site. Tern Island, a 25-acre strip of land about 500 miles northwest of the Hawaiian island Oahu, is home to millions of seabirds, sea turtles, and the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. "

Yale Environment 360 had the story November 19, 2013.

Source: YaleE360, 11/20/2013

"Public Says 'No' To Latest EPA Plan for Ringwood Superfund Site"

"Nearly 40 self-described Native Americans, local residents, environmental activists, and scientists spoke out in opposition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest proposal to address contamination in the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund site at a meeting held on Thursday, Nov. 7. More than 130 people attended the almost five-hour assembly, which was held at Ryerson School on Valley Road."

Source: Bergen Record, 11/11/2013

"State Alerts Mpls. Neighborhood About Underground Vapors"

"Fumes could enter Minneapolis homes from the soil, once contaminated with a solvent from an old General Mills lab."

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 11/08/2013

New Jersey: "EPA Announces $46.7M Ringwood Cleanup Plan"

"Almost 200,000 tons of contaminated soil would be removed from the 500-acre Ringwood Superfund site — where the Ford Motor Co. dumped toxic paint sludge from its Mahwah factory 40 years ago — under a proposal issued Monday by federal environmental officials."

Source: Bergen Record, 10/01/2013

"EPA Approves Gowanus Cleanup Plan"

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday released its formal, final decision on how to complete the Superfund cleanup of the Gowanus Canal, a waterway whose depths contain toxins from long-ago industry and more recent sewage overflows."

Source: Brooklyn Bureau, 10/01/2013

"Industry Still Churns, Even as Cleanup Plan Proceeds for a Canal"

"The federal government is about to release its final, $500 million cleanup plan for the Gowanus Canal, one of New York City’s two Superfund sites, a long-awaited moment in the effort to cleanse more than a century of environmental abuse."

Source: NY Times, 09/27/2013

"The Wound That Won’t Heal: Idaho’s Phosphate Problem"

"An elemental phosphorus plant owned by the FMC Corp., on the Shoshone-Bannock homelands in Idaho, has been abandoned for more than a decade. But its legacy of pollution remains -- and it’s jeopardizing economic progress, public and environmental health on the reservation and in surrounding communities."

Source: Indian Country Today, 09/26/2013

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"Pollution from Plastic Trash May Make Tiny Island a Superfund Site"

"Public Says 'No' To Latest EPA Plan for Ringwood Superfund Site"

"State Alerts Mpls. Neighborhood About Underground Vapors"

New Jersey: "EPA Announces $46.7M Ringwood Cleanup Plan"

"EPA Approves Gowanus Cleanup Plan"

"Industry Still Churns, Even as Cleanup Plan Proceeds for a Canal"

"The Wound That Won’t Heal: Idaho’s Phosphate Problem"

"What It Means To Be 95 Percent Certain About Climate Change"

"Long Island's 254 Superfund Sites Threaten Its Drinking Water"

"Major Cleanup To Begin at NH $50M Superfund Site"

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