#superfund — Public Fediverse posts
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#Omaha Is Home to a Massive #Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for #Lead
by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press
April 15, 2026Excerpt: "For more than a century, smoke from a lead smelter and other factories deposited 400 million pounds of the #toxic metal across the city’s east side. That prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to begin investigating the pollution in 1999, and a few years later, the agency declared 27 square miles of east Omaha to be a Superfund site. Over more than two decades, the EPA and the city have dug up and replaced nearly 14,000 yards, from about a third of the site’s residential properties.
Faced with similar public health concerns about lead, 13 states, including #NewJersey, #Louisiana and neighboring #Iowa, have passed laws requiring universal #LeadScreening, meaning all kids would get a blood test before entering kindergarten.
But not #Nebraska."
Read more:
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests -
#Omaha Is Home to a Massive #Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for #Lead
by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press
April 15, 2026Excerpt: "For more than a century, smoke from a lead smelter and other factories deposited 400 million pounds of the #toxic metal across the city’s east side. That prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to begin investigating the pollution in 1999, and a few years later, the agency declared 27 square miles of east Omaha to be a Superfund site. Over more than two decades, the EPA and the city have dug up and replaced nearly 14,000 yards, from about a third of the site’s residential properties.
Faced with similar public health concerns about lead, 13 states, including #NewJersey, #Louisiana and neighboring #Iowa, have passed laws requiring universal #LeadScreening, meaning all kids would get a blood test before entering kindergarten.
But not #Nebraska."
Read more:
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests -
#Omaha Is Home to a Massive #Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for #Lead
by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press
April 15, 2026Excerpt: "For more than a century, smoke from a lead smelter and other factories deposited 400 million pounds of the #toxic metal across the city’s east side. That prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to begin investigating the pollution in 1999, and a few years later, the agency declared 27 square miles of east Omaha to be a Superfund site. Over more than two decades, the EPA and the city have dug up and replaced nearly 14,000 yards, from about a third of the site’s residential properties.
Faced with similar public health concerns about lead, 13 states, including #NewJersey, #Louisiana and neighboring #Iowa, have passed laws requiring universal #LeadScreening, meaning all kids would get a blood test before entering kindergarten.
But not #Nebraska."
Read more:
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests -
#Omaha Is Home to a Massive #Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for #Lead
by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press
April 15, 2026Excerpt: "For more than a century, smoke from a lead smelter and other factories deposited 400 million pounds of the #toxic metal across the city’s east side. That prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to begin investigating the pollution in 1999, and a few years later, the agency declared 27 square miles of east Omaha to be a Superfund site. Over more than two decades, the EPA and the city have dug up and replaced nearly 14,000 yards, from about a third of the site’s residential properties.
Faced with similar public health concerns about lead, 13 states, including #NewJersey, #Louisiana and neighboring #Iowa, have passed laws requiring universal #LeadScreening, meaning all kids would get a blood test before entering kindergarten.
But not #Nebraska."
Read more:
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests -
#Omaha Is Home to a Massive #Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for #Lead
by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press
April 15, 2026Excerpt: "For more than a century, smoke from a lead smelter and other factories deposited 400 million pounds of the #toxic metal across the city’s east side. That prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to begin investigating the pollution in 1999, and a few years later, the agency declared 27 square miles of east Omaha to be a Superfund site. Over more than two decades, the EPA and the city have dug up and replaced nearly 14,000 yards, from about a third of the site’s residential properties.
Faced with similar public health concerns about lead, 13 states, including #NewJersey, #Louisiana and neighboring #Iowa, have passed laws requiring universal #LeadScreening, meaning all kids would get a blood test before entering kindergarten.
But not #Nebraska."
Read more:
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests -
Here's the story! (I guess they were waiting to post it after the 6pm news).
#EPA watchdog finds #BrunswickLanding is among #contaminated sites vulnerable to #SeaLevelRise, #flooding
Russ Reed, March 31, 2026
#BrunswickME - "The internal watchdog at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that about 100 of the nation's most #contaminated toxic waste sites, including one in #Maine, are in areas prone to #NaturalDisasters, posing a potential public health threat.
"The EPA's Office of Inspector General issued two new reports last week that are part of a series assessing the weather-related vulnerabilities of the 157 federal #Superfund sites prioritized for cleanup due to the serious risk they pose to public health and the environment. About 3 million Americans live within a mile of a Superfund site, while 13 million people live within 3 miles.
"Brunswick Landing, the site of the former #BrunswickNavalAirStation, is among the Superfund sites that were found to be at risk from multiple natural-disaster threats. According to the Inspector General, Brunswick Landing is one of 49 sites in coastal areas that are at risk from #SeaLevelRise or #StormSurge from hurricanes. Many of those sites are located near highly populated areas and important ecological locales like #ChesapeakeBay .
"Brunswick Landing is also one of 47 low-lying sites that are specifically prone to inland flooding from heavy rain. The Inspector General's review also found 31 sites in areas at high risk for wildfires."
Read more:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/brunswick-landing-concerns-epa-watchdog-report-maine/70899341#WaterIsLife #ForeverChemicals
#Pollution #ClimateChange #Maine
#BrunswickExecutiveAirport #PFAS #PFASContamination -
Here's the story! (I guess they were waiting to post it after the 6pm news).
#EPA watchdog finds #BrunswickLanding is among #contaminated sites vulnerable to #SeaLevelRise, #flooding
Russ Reed, March 31, 2026
#BrunswickME - "The internal watchdog at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that about 100 of the nation's most #contaminated toxic waste sites, including one in #Maine, are in areas prone to #NaturalDisasters, posing a potential public health threat.
"The EPA's Office of Inspector General issued two new reports last week that are part of a series assessing the weather-related vulnerabilities of the 157 federal #Superfund sites prioritized for cleanup due to the serious risk they pose to public health and the environment. About 3 million Americans live within a mile of a Superfund site, while 13 million people live within 3 miles.
"Brunswick Landing, the site of the former #BrunswickNavalAirStation, is among the Superfund sites that were found to be at risk from multiple natural-disaster threats. According to the Inspector General, Brunswick Landing is one of 49 sites in coastal areas that are at risk from #SeaLevelRise or #StormSurge from hurricanes. Many of those sites are located near highly populated areas and important ecological locales like #ChesapeakeBay .
"Brunswick Landing is also one of 47 low-lying sites that are specifically prone to inland flooding from heavy rain. The Inspector General's review also found 31 sites in areas at high risk for wildfires."
Read more:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/brunswick-landing-concerns-epa-watchdog-report-maine/70899341#WaterIsLife #ForeverChemicals
#Pollution #ClimateChange #Maine
#BrunswickExecutiveAirport #PFAS #PFASContamination -
Here's the story! (I guess they were waiting to post it after the 6pm news).
#EPA watchdog finds #BrunswickLanding is among #contaminated sites vulnerable to #SeaLevelRise, #flooding
Russ Reed, March 31, 2026
#BrunswickME - "The internal watchdog at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that about 100 of the nation's most #contaminated toxic waste sites, including one in #Maine, are in areas prone to #NaturalDisasters, posing a potential public health threat.
"The EPA's Office of Inspector General issued two new reports last week that are part of a series assessing the weather-related vulnerabilities of the 157 federal #Superfund sites prioritized for cleanup due to the serious risk they pose to public health and the environment. About 3 million Americans live within a mile of a Superfund site, while 13 million people live within 3 miles.
"Brunswick Landing, the site of the former #BrunswickNavalAirStation, is among the Superfund sites that were found to be at risk from multiple natural-disaster threats. According to the Inspector General, Brunswick Landing is one of 49 sites in coastal areas that are at risk from #SeaLevelRise or #StormSurge from hurricanes. Many of those sites are located near highly populated areas and important ecological locales like #ChesapeakeBay .
"Brunswick Landing is also one of 47 low-lying sites that are specifically prone to inland flooding from heavy rain. The Inspector General's review also found 31 sites in areas at high risk for wildfires."
Read more:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/brunswick-landing-concerns-epa-watchdog-report-maine/70899341#WaterIsLife #ForeverChemicals
#Pollution #ClimateChange #Maine
#BrunswickExecutiveAirport #PFAS #PFASContamination -
Here's the story! (I guess they were waiting to post it after the 6pm news).
#EPA watchdog finds #BrunswickLanding is among #contaminated sites vulnerable to #SeaLevelRise, #flooding
Russ Reed, March 31, 2026
#BrunswickME - "The internal watchdog at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that about 100 of the nation's most #contaminated toxic waste sites, including one in #Maine, are in areas prone to #NaturalDisasters, posing a potential public health threat.
"The EPA's Office of Inspector General issued two new reports last week that are part of a series assessing the weather-related vulnerabilities of the 157 federal #Superfund sites prioritized for cleanup due to the serious risk they pose to public health and the environment. About 3 million Americans live within a mile of a Superfund site, while 13 million people live within 3 miles.
"Brunswick Landing, the site of the former #BrunswickNavalAirStation, is among the Superfund sites that were found to be at risk from multiple natural-disaster threats. According to the Inspector General, Brunswick Landing is one of 49 sites in coastal areas that are at risk from #SeaLevelRise or #StormSurge from hurricanes. Many of those sites are located near highly populated areas and important ecological locales like #ChesapeakeBay .
"Brunswick Landing is also one of 47 low-lying sites that are specifically prone to inland flooding from heavy rain. The Inspector General's review also found 31 sites in areas at high risk for wildfires."
Read more:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/brunswick-landing-concerns-epa-watchdog-report-maine/70899341#WaterIsLife #ForeverChemicals
#Pollution #ClimateChange #Maine
#BrunswickExecutiveAirport #PFAS #PFASContamination -
Here's the story! (I guess they were waiting to post it after the 6pm news).
#EPA watchdog finds #BrunswickLanding is among #contaminated sites vulnerable to #SeaLevelRise, #flooding
Russ Reed, March 31, 2026
#BrunswickME - "The internal watchdog at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that about 100 of the nation's most #contaminated toxic waste sites, including one in #Maine, are in areas prone to #NaturalDisasters, posing a potential public health threat.
"The EPA's Office of Inspector General issued two new reports last week that are part of a series assessing the weather-related vulnerabilities of the 157 federal #Superfund sites prioritized for cleanup due to the serious risk they pose to public health and the environment. About 3 million Americans live within a mile of a Superfund site, while 13 million people live within 3 miles.
"Brunswick Landing, the site of the former #BrunswickNavalAirStation, is among the Superfund sites that were found to be at risk from multiple natural-disaster threats. According to the Inspector General, Brunswick Landing is one of 49 sites in coastal areas that are at risk from #SeaLevelRise or #StormSurge from hurricanes. Many of those sites are located near highly populated areas and important ecological locales like #ChesapeakeBay .
"Brunswick Landing is also one of 47 low-lying sites that are specifically prone to inland flooding from heavy rain. The Inspector General's review also found 31 sites in areas at high risk for wildfires."
Read more:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/brunswick-landing-concerns-epa-watchdog-report-maine/70899341#WaterIsLife #ForeverChemicals
#Pollution #ClimateChange #Maine
#BrunswickExecutiveAirport #PFAS #PFASContamination -
#US States want to #tax #fossilfuel companies to create #climatechange #superfund
As the costs of #globalwarming rise—in the form of home #insurance premiums, utility bills, health expenses, and record-breaking damages from #extremeweather—local advocates are increasingly pushing states to require that fossil fuel companies contribute to climate “superfunds” that would support mitigation and adaptation.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/states-want-to-charge-fossil-fuel-companies-for-climate-change-superfunds/ -
#US States want to #tax #fossilfuel companies to create #climatechange #superfund
As the costs of #globalwarming rise—in the form of home #insurance premiums, utility bills, health expenses, and record-breaking damages from #extremeweather—local advocates are increasingly pushing states to require that fossil fuel companies contribute to climate “superfunds” that would support mitigation and adaptation.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/states-want-to-charge-fossil-fuel-companies-for-climate-change-superfunds/ -
#US States want to #tax #fossilfuel companies to create #climatechange #superfund
As the costs of #globalwarming rise—in the form of home #insurance premiums, utility bills, health expenses, and record-breaking damages from #extremeweather—local advocates are increasingly pushing states to require that fossil fuel companies contribute to climate “superfunds” that would support mitigation and adaptation.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/states-want-to-charge-fossil-fuel-companies-for-climate-change-superfunds/ -
#US States want to #tax #fossilfuel companies to create #climatechange #superfund
As the costs of #globalwarming rise—in the form of home #insurance premiums, utility bills, health expenses, and record-breaking damages from #extremeweather—local advocates are increasingly pushing states to require that fossil fuel companies contribute to climate “superfunds” that would support mitigation and adaptation.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/states-want-to-charge-fossil-fuel-companies-for-climate-change-superfunds/ -
#US States want to #tax #fossilfuel companies to create #climatechange #superfund
As the costs of #globalwarming rise—in the form of home #insurance premiums, utility bills, health expenses, and record-breaking damages from #extremeweather—local advocates are increasingly pushing states to require that fossil fuel companies contribute to climate “superfunds” that would support mitigation and adaptation.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/states-want-to-charge-fossil-fuel-companies-for-climate-change-superfunds/ -
Amid National Call to ‘Make Polluters Pay,’ Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill https://www.byteseu.com/1754338/ #Climate #ClimateCentral #ClimateChange #ClimateSuperfundLaws #DataForProgress #DonaldTrump #EnvironmentalJustice #FederalEmergencyManagementAgency #FossilFreeMedia #GinaRamirez #GlobalWarming #GracielaGuzmán #Illinois #MakePollutersPay #NaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil #NewYork #ParisAgreement #RobynGabel #Superfund #TrumpAdministration #vermont
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Attention, Richmond! The final United Heckathorn Superfund site community meeting is coming up on Wednesday, 1/28.
The discussion will focus on long-term cleanup plans & climate vulnerability. Come with questions for the experts!
Learn more & register: https://usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/G-XAq38nSv2yRZKIC53KPg#/registration
#richmondca #richmond #unitedheckathorn #superfund #superfundsite #superfundcleanup #toxicwaste #bayarea #pollution #climatechange
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Attention, Richmond! The final United Heckathorn Superfund site community meeting is coming up on Wednesday, 1/28.
The discussion will focus on long-term cleanup plans & climate vulnerability. Come with questions for the experts!
Learn more & register: https://usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/G-XAq38nSv2yRZKIC53KPg#/registration
#richmondca #richmond #unitedheckathorn #superfund #superfundsite #superfundcleanup #toxicwaste #bayarea #pollution #climatechange
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Attention, Richmond! The final United Heckathorn Superfund site community meeting is coming up on Wednesday, 1/28.
The discussion will focus on long-term cleanup plans & climate vulnerability. Come with questions for the experts!
Learn more & register: https://usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/G-XAq38nSv2yRZKIC53KPg#/registration
#richmondca #richmond #unitedheckathorn #superfund #superfundsite #superfundcleanup #toxicwaste #bayarea #pollution #climatechange
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Attention, Richmond! The final United Heckathorn Superfund site community meeting is coming up on Wednesday, 1/28.
The discussion will focus on long-term cleanup plans & climate vulnerability. Come with questions for the experts!
Learn more & register: https://usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/G-XAq38nSv2yRZKIC53KPg#/registration
#richmondca #richmond #unitedheckathorn #superfund #superfundsite #superfundcleanup #toxicwaste #bayarea #pollution #climatechange
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Attention, Richmond! The final United Heckathorn Superfund site community meeting is coming up on Wednesday, 1/28.
The discussion will focus on long-term cleanup plans & climate vulnerability. Come with questions for the experts!
Learn more & register: https://usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/G-XAq38nSv2yRZKIC53KPg#/registration
#richmondca #richmond #unitedheckathorn #superfund #superfundsite #superfundcleanup #toxicwaste #bayarea #pollution #climatechange
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/188436/ Super Consumers Australia says Australian retirees could lose up to $205,000 if they pick worst-performing investment options #AMP #Business #ColonialFirstState #Éire #IE #Ireland #PersonalFinance #PersonalFinance #rest #RussellInvestments #SuperConsumerAustralia #SuperFund #Superannuation
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#Wikipedia - #UnitedStates
See also: #Superfund"Perhaps the best-known sacrifice zone in the United States is '#CancerAlley' in #Louisiana, an 85-mile stretch of land along the #MississippiRiver containing over 200 #petrochemical plants. Serious air and water quality violations have been documented since the 1970s, and elevated #cancer risk has been found. The region's population is disproportionately #Black and #LowIncome.
"Commentators including Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco, Robert Bullard and Stephen Lerner have argued that #corporate business practices contribute to producing #SacrificeZones and that these zones most commonly exist in low-income and minority, usually #AfricanAmerican communities. Sacrifice zones are a central topic for the graphic novel #DaysOfDestructionDaysOfRevolt, written by Hedges and illustrated by Sacco.
"In 2012, Hedges stated that examples of sacrifice zones included #PineRidge, South Dakota and #CamdenNJ. In 2017 a #WestCalumet public housing project in East Chicago, Indiana built at the former site of a lead smelter needed to be demolished and soil replaced to bring the area up to residential standards, displacing 1000 residents. In 2014, Naomi Klein wrote that 'running an economy on energy sources that release poisons as an unavoidable part of their extraction and refining has always required sacrifice zones."
Related link:
The Spread of Sacrifice Zones
By David Swanson, June, 2012
https://cdn.countercurrents.org/swanson090612.htm#BigOil #BigOilAndGas #SacrificeZones #SEZs #HumanRights #HumanRightsFreeZone #Pollution #EnvironmentalDegradation #EnvironmentalRacism #EconomicSacrificZones #WaterIsLife #Industries #IndustrialUse #PollutionSacrificeZones
#GlobalSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism -
#Wikipedia - #UnitedStates
See also: #Superfund"Perhaps the best-known sacrifice zone in the United States is '#CancerAlley' in #Louisiana, an 85-mile stretch of land along the #MississippiRiver containing over 200 #petrochemical plants. Serious air and water quality violations have been documented since the 1970s, and elevated #cancer risk has been found. The region's population is disproportionately #Black and #LowIncome.
"Commentators including Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco, Robert Bullard and Stephen Lerner have argued that #corporate business practices contribute to producing #SacrificeZones and that these zones most commonly exist in low-income and minority, usually #AfricanAmerican communities. Sacrifice zones are a central topic for the graphic novel #DaysOfDestructionDaysOfRevolt, written by Hedges and illustrated by Sacco.
"In 2012, Hedges stated that examples of sacrifice zones included #PineRidge, South Dakota and #CamdenNJ. In 2017 a #WestCalumet public housing project in East Chicago, Indiana built at the former site of a lead smelter needed to be demolished and soil replaced to bring the area up to residential standards, displacing 1000 residents. In 2014, Naomi Klein wrote that 'running an economy on energy sources that release poisons as an unavoidable part of their extraction and refining has always required sacrifice zones."
Related link:
The Spread of Sacrifice Zones
By David Swanson, June, 2012
https://cdn.countercurrents.org/swanson090612.htm#BigOil #BigOilAndGas #SacrificeZones #SEZs #HumanRights #HumanRightsFreeZone #Pollution #EnvironmentalDegradation #EnvironmentalRacism #EconomicSacrificZones #WaterIsLife #Industries #IndustrialUse #PollutionSacrificeZones
#GlobalSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism -
#Wikipedia - #UnitedStates
See also: #Superfund"Perhaps the best-known sacrifice zone in the United States is '#CancerAlley' in #Louisiana, an 85-mile stretch of land along the #MississippiRiver containing over 200 #petrochemical plants. Serious air and water quality violations have been documented since the 1970s, and elevated #cancer risk has been found. The region's population is disproportionately #Black and #LowIncome.
"Commentators including Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco, Robert Bullard and Stephen Lerner have argued that #corporate business practices contribute to producing #SacrificeZones and that these zones most commonly exist in low-income and minority, usually #AfricanAmerican communities. Sacrifice zones are a central topic for the graphic novel #DaysOfDestructionDaysOfRevolt, written by Hedges and illustrated by Sacco.
"In 2012, Hedges stated that examples of sacrifice zones included #PineRidge, South Dakota and #CamdenNJ. In 2017 a #WestCalumet public housing project in East Chicago, Indiana built at the former site of a lead smelter needed to be demolished and soil replaced to bring the area up to residential standards, displacing 1000 residents. In 2014, Naomi Klein wrote that 'running an economy on energy sources that release poisons as an unavoidable part of their extraction and refining has always required sacrifice zones."
Related link:
The Spread of Sacrifice Zones
By David Swanson, June, 2012
https://cdn.countercurrents.org/swanson090612.htm#BigOil #BigOilAndGas #SacrificeZones #SEZs #HumanRights #HumanRightsFreeZone #Pollution #EnvironmentalDegradation #EnvironmentalRacism #EconomicSacrificZones #WaterIsLife #Industries #IndustrialUse #PollutionSacrificeZones
#GlobalSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism -
#Wikipedia - #UnitedStates
See also: #Superfund"Perhaps the best-known sacrifice zone in the United States is '#CancerAlley' in #Louisiana, an 85-mile stretch of land along the #MississippiRiver containing over 200 #petrochemical plants. Serious air and water quality violations have been documented since the 1970s, and elevated #cancer risk has been found. The region's population is disproportionately #Black and #LowIncome.
"Commentators including Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco, Robert Bullard and Stephen Lerner have argued that #corporate business practices contribute to producing #SacrificeZones and that these zones most commonly exist in low-income and minority, usually #AfricanAmerican communities. Sacrifice zones are a central topic for the graphic novel #DaysOfDestructionDaysOfRevolt, written by Hedges and illustrated by Sacco.
"In 2012, Hedges stated that examples of sacrifice zones included #PineRidge, South Dakota and #CamdenNJ. In 2017 a #WestCalumet public housing project in East Chicago, Indiana built at the former site of a lead smelter needed to be demolished and soil replaced to bring the area up to residential standards, displacing 1000 residents. In 2014, Naomi Klein wrote that 'running an economy on energy sources that release poisons as an unavoidable part of their extraction and refining has always required sacrifice zones."
Related link:
The Spread of Sacrifice Zones
By David Swanson, June, 2012
https://cdn.countercurrents.org/swanson090612.htm#BigOil #BigOilAndGas #SacrificeZones #SEZs #HumanRights #HumanRightsFreeZone #Pollution #EnvironmentalDegradation #EnvironmentalRacism #EconomicSacrificZones #WaterIsLife #Industries #IndustrialUse #PollutionSacrificeZones
#GlobalSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism -
#Wikipedia - #UnitedStates
See also: #Superfund"Perhaps the best-known sacrifice zone in the United States is '#CancerAlley' in #Louisiana, an 85-mile stretch of land along the #MississippiRiver containing over 200 #petrochemical plants. Serious air and water quality violations have been documented since the 1970s, and elevated #cancer risk has been found. The region's population is disproportionately #Black and #LowIncome.
"Commentators including Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco, Robert Bullard and Stephen Lerner have argued that #corporate business practices contribute to producing #SacrificeZones and that these zones most commonly exist in low-income and minority, usually #AfricanAmerican communities. Sacrifice zones are a central topic for the graphic novel #DaysOfDestructionDaysOfRevolt, written by Hedges and illustrated by Sacco.
"In 2012, Hedges stated that examples of sacrifice zones included #PineRidge, South Dakota and #CamdenNJ. In 2017 a #WestCalumet public housing project in East Chicago, Indiana built at the former site of a lead smelter needed to be demolished and soil replaced to bring the area up to residential standards, displacing 1000 residents. In 2014, Naomi Klein wrote that 'running an economy on energy sources that release poisons as an unavoidable part of their extraction and refining has always required sacrifice zones."
Related link:
The Spread of Sacrifice Zones
By David Swanson, June, 2012
https://cdn.countercurrents.org/swanson090612.htm#BigOil #BigOilAndGas #SacrificeZones #SEZs #HumanRights #HumanRightsFreeZone #Pollution #EnvironmentalDegradation #EnvironmentalRacism #EconomicSacrificZones #WaterIsLife #Industries #IndustrialUse #PollutionSacrificeZones
#GlobalSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism -
King City Asbestos Processing Plant near King City, California. 2007 vs. today. Asbestos processing operations were discontinued in 2002, so the plant must have been razed between 2002 and 2007.
I bet that one tree could tell some tales.
Courtesy Google Maps Street View.
#GoogleStreetView #ThenAndNow #KingCityCalifornia #CattlemenRoad #LandscapeChange #IndustrialSite #TimeComparison #AsbestosPlant #EPA #SuperFund
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VIDEO: Warnings grow about risks in Australia's superannuation pool – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
VIDEO: Warnings grow about risks in Australia’s superannuation pool Australia…
#NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #australianretirementtrust #Business #externalmanagers #Finance #FixedIncome #homemarket #investmentteam #liquidassets #listedassets #offshoreinvestment #PersonalFinance #privateequityinfrastructure #superfund #superannuation #UK #UnitedKingdom
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CPH Daily Bulletin 9/11/2025
#California Environmental Groups Decry Worst Legislative Year in Memory
https://davisvanguard.org/2025/09/california-environmental-deregulation-2023/
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CPH Daily Bulletin 9/11/2025
#California Environmental Groups Decry Worst Legislative Year in Memory
https://davisvanguard.org/2025/09/california-environmental-deregulation-2023/
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CPH Daily Bulletin 9/11/2025
#California Environmental Groups Decry Worst Legislative Year in Memory
https://davisvanguard.org/2025/09/california-environmental-deregulation-2023/
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CPH Daily Bulletin 9/11/2025
#California Environmental Groups Decry Worst Legislative Year in Memory
https://davisvanguard.org/2025/09/california-environmental-deregulation-2023/
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As the Richmond Shoreline Alliance has pointed out, a full cleanup of the United Heckathorn Superfund site is needed to resolve the problem at its source--and avoid compounding consequences later https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/05/cleanup-of-toxic-richmond-waterway-creates-divisions/
#richmondca #richmond #pollution #superfund #superfundsite #epa -
As the Richmond Shoreline Alliance has pointed out, a full cleanup of the United Heckathorn Superfund site is needed to resolve the problem at its source--and avoid compounding consequences later https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/05/cleanup-of-toxic-richmond-waterway-creates-divisions/
#richmondca #richmond #pollution #superfund #superfundsite #epa -
As the Richmond Shoreline Alliance has pointed out, a full cleanup of the United Heckathorn Superfund site is needed to resolve the problem at its source--and avoid compounding consequences later https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/05/cleanup-of-toxic-richmond-waterway-creates-divisions/
#richmondca #richmond #pollution #superfund #superfundsite #epa -
As the Richmond Shoreline Alliance has pointed out, a full cleanup of the United Heckathorn Superfund site is needed to resolve the problem at its source--and avoid compounding consequences later https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/05/cleanup-of-toxic-richmond-waterway-creates-divisions/
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As the Richmond Shoreline Alliance has pointed out, a full cleanup of the United Heckathorn Superfund site is needed to resolve the problem at its source--and avoid compounding consequences later https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/05/cleanup-of-toxic-richmond-waterway-creates-divisions/
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Money Matters: How much super do you really need to retire comfortably?
Your panel of experts, Nick Bruining, Phil George, and Gavin Hegney share their two cents. 01:23 How much…
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EPA outlines next steps for J.H. Baxter site cleanup in Oregon
EUGENE, Ore. — Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) presented…
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EPA outlines next steps for J.H. Baxter site cleanup in Oregon
EUGENE, Ore. — Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) presented…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Cleanup #Contamination #environmental #EPA #J.H.Baxter #oregon #risk #Science #Superfund
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EPA outlines next steps for J.H. Baxter site cleanup in Oregon
EUGENE, Ore. — Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) presented…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Cleanup #Contamination #environmental #EPA #J.H.Baxter #oregon #risk #Science #Superfund
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EPA outlines next steps for J.H. Baxter site cleanup in Oregon
EUGENE, Ore. — Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) presented…
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From 2017: As Catastrophic #Flooding Hits Houston, Fears Grow of #Pollution from #OilRefineries & #Superfund Sites
#DemocracyNow, August 28, 2017
"A catastrophic storm has hit Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city and home to the largest refining and #petrochemical complex in the United States. The crisis began on Friday when Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Rockport, Texas. It was the most powerful hurricane to strike the state in more than 50 years. Much of the damage has been caused by the massive rainfall, with parts of Texas already receiving 30 inches of rain. That could top 50 inches in the coming days. Entire highways in Houston are now underwater. The storm has caused five reported deaths, but the death toll is expected to rise. Thousands of people are still stranded in their homes, waiting to be rescued. Meanwhile, the city of Dallas prepares to turn its convention center into a mega-shelter to host 5,000 evacuees. The National Weather Service released a statement on Sunday saying, 'This event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced.' We speak with Bryan Parras, an organizer for the #BeyondDirtyFuels campaign with the #SierraClub in Houston, Texas. He helped found the #EnvironmentalJustice group t.e.j.a.s."
Listen / watch: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/28/as_catastrophic_flooding_hits_houston_fears
#TEJAS #TexasFlooding #ClimateChange #SuperfundSites #BigOilAndGas #Pollution #ClimateCatastrohe
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From 2017: As Catastrophic #Flooding Hits Houston, Fears Grow of #Pollution from #OilRefineries & #Superfund Sites
#DemocracyNow, August 28, 2017
"A catastrophic storm has hit Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city and home to the largest refining and #petrochemical complex in the United States. The crisis began on Friday when Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Rockport, Texas. It was the most powerful hurricane to strike the state in more than 50 years. Much of the damage has been caused by the massive rainfall, with parts of Texas already receiving 30 inches of rain. That could top 50 inches in the coming days. Entire highways in Houston are now underwater. The storm has caused five reported deaths, but the death toll is expected to rise. Thousands of people are still stranded in their homes, waiting to be rescued. Meanwhile, the city of Dallas prepares to turn its convention center into a mega-shelter to host 5,000 evacuees. The National Weather Service released a statement on Sunday saying, 'This event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced.' We speak with Bryan Parras, an organizer for the #BeyondDirtyFuels campaign with the #SierraClub in Houston, Texas. He helped found the #EnvironmentalJustice group t.e.j.a.s."
Listen / watch: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/28/as_catastrophic_flooding_hits_houston_fears
#TEJAS #TexasFlooding #ClimateChange #SuperfundSites #BigOilAndGas #Pollution #ClimateCatastrohe
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From 2017: As Catastrophic #Flooding Hits Houston, Fears Grow of #Pollution from #OilRefineries & #Superfund Sites
#DemocracyNow, August 28, 2017
"A catastrophic storm has hit Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city and home to the largest refining and #petrochemical complex in the United States. The crisis began on Friday when Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Rockport, Texas. It was the most powerful hurricane to strike the state in more than 50 years. Much of the damage has been caused by the massive rainfall, with parts of Texas already receiving 30 inches of rain. That could top 50 inches in the coming days. Entire highways in Houston are now underwater. The storm has caused five reported deaths, but the death toll is expected to rise. Thousands of people are still stranded in their homes, waiting to be rescued. Meanwhile, the city of Dallas prepares to turn its convention center into a mega-shelter to host 5,000 evacuees. The National Weather Service released a statement on Sunday saying, 'This event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced.' We speak with Bryan Parras, an organizer for the #BeyondDirtyFuels campaign with the #SierraClub in Houston, Texas. He helped found the #EnvironmentalJustice group t.e.j.a.s."
Listen / watch: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/28/as_catastrophic_flooding_hits_houston_fears
#TEJAS #TexasFlooding #ClimateChange #SuperfundSites #BigOilAndGas #Pollution #ClimateCatastrohe
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From 2017: As Catastrophic #Flooding Hits Houston, Fears Grow of #Pollution from #OilRefineries & #Superfund Sites
#DemocracyNow, August 28, 2017
"A catastrophic storm has hit Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city and home to the largest refining and #petrochemical complex in the United States. The crisis began on Friday when Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Rockport, Texas. It was the most powerful hurricane to strike the state in more than 50 years. Much of the damage has been caused by the massive rainfall, with parts of Texas already receiving 30 inches of rain. That could top 50 inches in the coming days. Entire highways in Houston are now underwater. The storm has caused five reported deaths, but the death toll is expected to rise. Thousands of people are still stranded in their homes, waiting to be rescued. Meanwhile, the city of Dallas prepares to turn its convention center into a mega-shelter to host 5,000 evacuees. The National Weather Service released a statement on Sunday saying, 'This event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced.' We speak with Bryan Parras, an organizer for the #BeyondDirtyFuels campaign with the #SierraClub in Houston, Texas. He helped found the #EnvironmentalJustice group t.e.j.a.s."
Listen / watch: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/28/as_catastrophic_flooding_hits_houston_fears
#TEJAS #TexasFlooding #ClimateChange #SuperfundSites #BigOilAndGas #Pollution #ClimateCatastrohe
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From 2017: As Catastrophic #Flooding Hits Houston, Fears Grow of #Pollution from #OilRefineries & #Superfund Sites
#DemocracyNow, August 28, 2017
"A catastrophic storm has hit Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city and home to the largest refining and #petrochemical complex in the United States. The crisis began on Friday when Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Rockport, Texas. It was the most powerful hurricane to strike the state in more than 50 years. Much of the damage has been caused by the massive rainfall, with parts of Texas already receiving 30 inches of rain. That could top 50 inches in the coming days. Entire highways in Houston are now underwater. The storm has caused five reported deaths, but the death toll is expected to rise. Thousands of people are still stranded in their homes, waiting to be rescued. Meanwhile, the city of Dallas prepares to turn its convention center into a mega-shelter to host 5,000 evacuees. The National Weather Service released a statement on Sunday saying, 'This event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced.' We speak with Bryan Parras, an organizer for the #BeyondDirtyFuels campaign with the #SierraClub in Houston, Texas. He helped found the #EnvironmentalJustice group t.e.j.a.s."
Listen / watch: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/28/as_catastrophic_flooding_hits_houston_fears
#TEJAS #TexasFlooding #ClimateChange #SuperfundSites #BigOilAndGas #Pollution #ClimateCatastrohe
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/252946/ HESTA executive says super fund’s operations ‘normal’, despite outrage from members and advocates #ACCESS #Business #Finance #hesta #HestaOutage #Outage #PersonalFinance #retiree #retirement #StephenReilly #Super #SuperConsumersAustralia #SuperFund #SuperSavings #superannuation #UK #UnitedKingdom
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The United Heckathorn Superfund site in Richmond continues to house dangerous pollutants, including DDT, right along #SFBay shoreline. It's time to clean it up!
This Thursday, join us at EPA's latest community discussion on Zoom. The meeting will focus on the health & ecological risk assessments of the site.
We encourage all Richmond residents to join the meeting and put pressure on EPA officials to properly clean up the pollution!
Register here: https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0902440
#sanfrancisocbay #richmond #richmondca #richmondcalifornia #pollution #superfund #bayarea