"House Poor, Pollution Rich"
"Thousands of public housing residents live near the most polluted places in the nation — and the government has done little to protect them."
Source: APM/Intercept, 01/13/2021
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"Chemicals: EPA Finds Possible Carcinogen Poses No Harm To Public"
"EPA marked the last day of 2020 with a controversial announcement, finding few unreasonable risks associated with a common chemical solvent classified as a likely carcinogen. In its final risk evaluation for 1,4-dioxane, EPA determined no unreasonable risks exist for the environment, consumers and bystanders, or the general population."
Source: E&E News, 01/05/2021
Greens Eye Biden Superfund Reboot For Environmental Justice and Climate
"The EPA’s program for cleaning up the nation’s hazardous waste dumps has a backlog of sites that lack funding—the largest in 15 years."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/28/2020
"Fueled by Climate Change, Wildfires Threaten Toxic Superfund Sites"
"Blazes at the imperiled hazardous waste sites could release toxins ranging from acid mine drainage to radioactive smoke."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/24/2020
16 Georgia Superfund Sites Threatened by Climate-Linked Extreme Weather
"With climate a major issue in two Senate runoff elections, the state’s voters need look no further than coastal Brunswick for potential risks."
Source: InsideClimate News, 11/30/2020
"EPA Chief Trumpeting ‘Misleading’ Superfund Metrics, Critics Say"
"The EPA is touting the number of contaminated Superfund sites removed from its priority list—even as newly proposed sites and sites awaiting funding continue to pile up."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/30/2020
Battered, Flooded, Submerged: Superfund Sites Threatened by Climate Change
"The Obama administration directed the EPA to focus on climate-related threats. Now, the Trump administration refuses to even use the word."
Source: InsideClimate/Texas Observer, 09/25/2020
"New Jersey Law Seeks To Stem Pollution In Minority Areas"
"NEWARK, N.J. — Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Friday a measure giving state regulators power to deny development permits to businesses whose operations pollute predominantly Black and other minority communities."
Source: AP, 09/21/2020
Hundreds of Toxic Superfund Sites Imperiled by Sea-Level Rise: Study
"A new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists concludes that more than 800 hazardous Superfund sites near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of flooding in the next 20 years, even with low rates of sea level rise."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/29/2020
"EPA Aims To Take East Chicago Homes Off Toxic Superfund List"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to remove hundreds of once-contaminated East Chicago properties from its National Priorities List to spur development in the northwestern Indiana city that could potentially qualify homes for interior lead abatement."
Source: AP, 07/21/2020
