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Leadville Mill owners drop cyanide from plans to process mine waste in search for gold
20 Dec 2024 12:11 GMT
… leaching technique that leaves dangerous waste in lined tailings ponds.
… review of the California Gulch Superfund site found that decades of … the Extrakt technology or its chemical process and declined to … of those metals will be toxic to both humans and …
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New Jersey Eyes Fees on Oil and Gas Producers for Climate Superfund
19 Dec 2024 09:26 GMT
… , aims to create a Climate Superfund similar to the pot of … to clean up toxic waste by charging petroleum and chemical companies an extra …
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EPA must limit discharges of ‘forever chemicals’ to protect public health
17 Dec 2024 18:02 GMT
… limit manufacturing discharges of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS into … to protect our environment from toxic PFAS chemicals.
Widespread PFAS pollution
With … as hazardous substances under the Superfund law. These measures hold polluters …
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Parties Seeking to Overturn Superfund PFAS Rule Explain Bases of Their Challenge
16 Dec 2024 22:16 GMT
… court challenge to the Superfund PFAS rule by the … PFOS and PFOA on the Superfund “hazardous substances” list
… from various industries, including waste management, construction, and recycling … uncertainty about where these chemicals are located, how much …
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Chip Manufacturing Shortcuts Harm Our Health And Environment
17 Dec 2024 09:21 GMT
… Clara County has more Superfund hazardous waste sites than any … One class of chip-making chemicals, per-and- polyfluoroalkyl substances … health harms. Nicknamed “forever chemicals,” they are extremely persistent … communities don’t need toxic water and air in …
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Historic photos from the Valley of the Drums
21 Dec 2024 11:49 GMT
… of barrels at the toxic-waste site. Caption: Workers … rubberized suits, workers move chemical drums at the … Material yesterday moved barrels containing toxic chemicals at the "valley … Courier JournalValley of the Drums superfund site, Nov. 21, 2008 …
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Year in review: Environment America’s 2024 highlights
20 Dec 2024 19:23 GMT
… sprawling Baytown refinery and chemical plant complex.
Over the … the threat of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals. PFAS are … two PFAS chemicals under the “polluter pays” Superfund cleanup law. … Ohio.
Beyond plastic
Plastic waste takes hundreds of years …
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Residents report record rankness around Gowanus Canal
20 Dec 2024 19:55 GMT
… the Gowanus Canal, an EPA Superfund Site, is the worst it … be coming from potentially hazardous chemicals. The Department of Environmental Protection … will be transporting the removed waste to disposal sites out of …
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Judge approves $150M agreement for Passaic River cleanup
20 Dec 2024 17:48 GMT
… related to the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in Newark, is fair … corporations’ self-interested and deplorable waste disposal practices,” she wrote.
The … River, faced challenges from Occidental Chemical, the corporate successor to the …
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Not covered: Insurers add PFAS exclusions to commercial liability policies
20 Dec 2024 17:24 GMT
… damage stemming from the chemicals would now be expressly … Act or Superfund law. The former controls hazardous waste while the … that have released the chemicals into the environment, but … the most widely studied PFAS chemicals as hazardous substances.
“ …