#superfund — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #superfund, aggregated by home.social.
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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:
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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
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#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/ -
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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#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
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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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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 -
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
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/17539/ -
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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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
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Attention, Richmonders! The United Heckathorn Superfund site is a major source of pollutants contaminating #SFBay & the Richmond shoreline. The site was supposed to be cleaned up in the 90s, but that effort failed.
The EPA is working on a plan to get the site cleaned up and is holding a series of meetings to raise awareness and hear community concerns.
The next meeting will be held on Zoom on Wednesday, 5/21 from 6:30-8:00pm. The discussion will focus on why the first cleanup was ineffective.
Visit the link below to learn more and to register!
#richmondca #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #bayarea #pollution #superfund #superfundsite
https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0902440
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Nicholas Triolo walked 20 miles around America's largest #Superfund site. Read about this journey in an adapted excerpt from "The Way Around: A Field Guide to Going Nowhere," from Milkweed Editions:
#Longreads #Books #Environment #Nature #Butte #Montana #Water
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Attention #Richmond residents! A Superfund site known as #UnitedHeckathorn is a major source of DDT and other pollutants contaminating the Bay and shoreline. The site was supposed to be cleaned up in the 90s, but that effort failed. We want to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
On 4/23 the #EPA will host a Zoom call to engage with the community where they will describe why the last cleanup failed and the plan to move forward.
Please bring your questions for EPA and state officials! https://usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/8SlhuBdVTZ-xuoEGnusbZA#/registration
#richmondca #superfund #superfundsite #bayarea #sfbay #sanfranciscobay
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Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 w/
Fatima Iqbal-Zubair of
California Environmental VotersChristina Scaringe
Center for Biological Diversity Climate Law Institute
The Make Polluters Pay Plan would require big polluters to pay a fee based on their share of the past 20 years of carbon pollution that's been emitted into the atmosphere. The money would then be used to deal with the impacts of climate change and costs of transitioning to a clean energy future.Topics to include:
· What's in SB 684/AB 1243
· What it would mean for California
· What we can doCo-Sponsored by:
Chalice Climate Action Team
and Conejo Climate CoalitionFree! Saturday, April 5th – 7 p.m. PT (via Zoom):
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THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL EVERYBODY!
I'm listening to Alex Wagner's podcast from a couple of weeks ago talking about how the #DisasterPresidency is decimating the #EPA.
And I think…
They're also trying to shutdown #FEMA.
…and the #NIH.
…and put a lunatic in charge of #HHS.
…and ignored/dismissed #Covid.
…and are ignoring #BirdFlu. And #Measles.
…and dismiss #ClimateChange.
…and defunding #Superfund toxic waste cleanup.
…and in his first term, repealed laws against dumping toxic coal ash.
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@bud_t @w7voa
I don't know if the people dismantling everything good/helpful/positive about the federal gov't think this far ahead (doubtful), but……to put all this stuff back after #DonnieDumbass does away with it… #VOA, #FEMA, thousands of #IRS agents, #Superfund Cleanup, #DeptOfEducation, etc…
…it's going to cost SO much money just to put everything back, #Republicans are going to run on "#Democrats want to explode the size of government" for the next two decades. 🤬
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I came across this EPA report on the 2011 New Idria Mercury Mine remediation when researching my latest YouTube video. It is complete with photos and I found it quite fascinating.
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Hochul signed
"Under the new state law, companies responsible for the bulk of emissions from 2000 to 2018 will be on the hook for some $3 billion a year over the next 25 years.
Hochul’s signature makes #NewYork the second state with such a law, following Vermont, but the Empire State is far larger, more populous and a major center of American and international financial power."
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5056675-hochul-new-york-climate-change/
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"#NewJersey is home to numerous oil and natural gas facilities. They would be charged fees to help the state fight the effects of #ClimateChange under a bill being considered in the Legislature.
The measure, to be discussed Thursday in a state Senate committee, aims to create a Climate #Superfund similar to the [Federal Superfund created] to clean up toxic waste by charging petroleum and chemical companies an extra tax to fund ongoing cleanups."
https://whyy.org/articles/new-jersey-climate-change-fossil-fuels/