The agency included sites in New Jersey, New Mexico and Oregon in its catalog of the nation’s most contaminated areas. EPA is adding new sites to its Superfund priorities list, which organizes testing ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a superfund solutions initiativedesigned to accelerate cleanups of contaminated sites nationwide, including the more than 1,340 superfund sites ...

Most environmental regulation proceeds from an understanding that governmental or collective action to restrain, to encourage, or to remedy some behavior will yield benefits generally, including for ...

Federal Superfund sites at risk of flooding due to sea level rise, according to EPA's office of Inspector General. Map courtesy of EPA OIG. July 10, 2025 Nearly one-third of 157 federal facilities ...

During its first term and again this year, the Trump administration has repeatedly emphasized its commitment to cleaning up America’s toxic waste sites and addressing harmful “forever chemicals.” In a ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - More than a year and a half has passed since federal officials proposed adding a mileslong plume of toxic pollution around Ann Arbor to a list of the nation’s most seriously ...

During his 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to restore the Superfund to its previous strength by resurrecting a tax on the oil and chemical industries. The Environmental Protection ...

David Keeling, assistant secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, is among more than 100 Trump administration nominees confirmed by the Senate on Oct. 7. October 7, 2025 The U.S. Senate ...

The Chevron property just east of Fillmore — once an oil refinery and soon to be a solar farm — has been partially removed from the list of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s top-priority ...

The Association of State And Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) released a position paper titled: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUPERFUND CLEANUP PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS (“Position Paper”).

One of Michigan's largest hidden, unrectified environmental disasters − a miles-long plume of toxic 1,4-dioxane in groundwater beneath the Ann Arbor area − has over decades contaminated dozens of ...