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• Navy’s Vieques Training May Be Tied to Health Risks

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  A federal agency reversed its conclusion that contamination posed no risks to residents in Puerto Rico.
  1 day ago

• Who will clean the creek & canal

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 591
  From Courier-Life : The Environmental Protection Agency announced it could take 16 years to fully clean Newtown Creek, though local businesses and property owners fear that the effects of the agency’s Superfund recommendation could be felt immediately. In September, the EPA made a recommendation to add the ...
  2 days ago

• Toxic Lake Viewed from Space

  
  Endangered Spaces blog — Authority: 117
  Berkeley Pit: Butte, Montana Image credit: NASA In 1955, copper mining in the area expanded with the opening of the Berkeley Pit. The mine took advantage of the existing subterranean drainage and pump network to lower groundwater until 1982, when a new owner suspended operations. After the pumps were turned ...
  3 days ago

• 16 Years of Superfun(d): For those wondering how long it...

  
  Curbed NY — Authority: 680
  For those wondering how long it will take to clean up Shit Newtown Creek, we now know: 16 years . Thats the Environmental Protection Agency estimate if the site is added to the federal Superfund list. Quoth the EPAs environmental planning director: "If a site is declared a Superfund site, property values may ...
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• House Votes Funds for Gowanus ‘Sponge Park’

  
  Going Coastal — Authority: 129
  The development of a “Sponge Park” along the Gowanus Canal took another step forward last Thursday when the fiscal year Interior and Environment Appropriations conference report was approved in the U.S. House of Representatives.The bill includes $300,000 for the project, which will incorporate greenery along the ...
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• Woe Atlanta

  
  Blue Ridge Outdoors - Outdoor Sports and News — Authority: 132
  City ranked most toxic in nation
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• U.S. EPAS ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT SUPPORT CENTER (ERASC)

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 154
  Background The ERASC provides technical information and addresses scientific questions of concern or interest on topics relevant to ecological risk assessment at hazardous waste sites for EPAs Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response ( OSWER ) personnel and Regional Superfund/Resource Conservation and Recovery ...
  2 weeks ago

• Crazy times on the Gowanus Canal

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 591
  From the NY Times : The Bloomberg administration, sensing a chance for revitalization, rushed to rezone 25 blocks of the Gowanus area for nonindustrial uses, identifying more than 60 development sites with a potential to generate at least $500 million in tax revenue. It didn’t appear to be a deterrent that the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Monsanto Lies, Again (and Again and Again)

  
  Newsvine - Pamela Drew's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 127
  by cmargulisEarlier this week, Monsanto was found guilty by Frances highest court of false advertising, for claims that Roundup, its toxic weed killer, is biodegradable and leaves "the soil clean." Environmental and consumer rights campaigners brought the French case in  …
  4 weeks ago

• Monsanto Lies, Again (and Again and Again)

  
  Newsvine - Pamela Drew's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 127
  by cmargulisEarlier this week, Monsanto was found guilty by Frances highest court of false advertising, for claims that Roundup, its toxic weed killer, is biodegradable and leaves "the soil clean." Environmental and consumer rights campaigners brought the French case in  …
  4 weeks ago

• The Publics Right to Know

  
  Akron Law Caf — Authority: 134
  The Publics Right to Know: or how polluted is Summit County? “Every American has the right to know the chemicals to which they may be exposed in their daily living. Right-to-know laws provide information about possible chemical exposures.”    Source : U.S. EPA Polluted water.  Polluted air.  Superfund ...
  4 weeks ago

• Gowanus Finally Gets Honest Major Newspaper Coverage!

  
  Found in Brooklyn — Authority: 486
  I am reprinting this article from todays Daily News because it is so nice to get an honest account about what is going on over the battle between the community & the EPA versus Bloomberg and assorted developers which include suburban home giants and Williamsburg condo blighters, The Toll Brothers. Bloomberg nor ...
  4 weeks ago

• Udall introduces new ‘Good Samaritan’ water clean-up legislation

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 676
  U.S. Sen. Mark Udall announced Wednesday that he introduced “Good Samaritan” legislation that would provide legal protection for non-profit and other groups who would cleanup water contamination issuing from abandoned mines across Colorado. Sen. Mark Udall “In Colorado, as our cities and towns have ...
  4 weeks ago

• Ashland retains attorneys for potential Superfund litigation

  
  Apostle Islands Navigator — Authority: 452
  Following a lengthy closed session Tuesday, the Ashland City Council unanimously voted to retain a Madison-based law firm to represent the city in case it becomes embroiled in a legal battle over responsibility for its Superfund site.While it is not yet known whether Ashland will be named as a responsible party for ...
  4 weeks ago

• EPA begins phase two of BoRit Superfund cleanup project

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 139
  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) representatives have been working on plans for phase two of cleanup at the BoRit Superfund asbestos site in Pennsylvania. Phase one actions involved Wissahicon Creek, and phase two focuses on stabilizing the stream banks of Rose Valley Creek. The BoRit site was used for ...
  4 weeks ago

• Beware the clawback: bankruptcy v superannuation – The Australian

  
  Real Estate Buzz — Authority: 156
  Beware the clawback: bankruptcy v superannuation The Australian Under the Bankruptcy Act, a bankruptcy trustee needs to establish that a super fund member made contributions to prevent the transfer of their property to … Go here to see the original: Beware the clawback: bankruptcy v superannuation – The ...
  8 weeks ago

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