"Final Families Wait Out Mining Town's Last Days"
Residents of Treece, Kansas, try to go forward as they wait for buyouts at a Superfund site created by years of lead and zinc mining.
Source: Lawrence Journal-World, 12/14/2009
Pollution
"Taxpayers Could End up With Big Bills From Fox River Cleanup"
"If taxpayers end up paying only 1 percent of the cost of cleaning up PCB contamination in the Fox River, that could be between $10 million and $15 million. If the taxpayer obligation reaches 10 percent, the figure becomes $100 million or more."
Source: Green Bay Press Gazette, 12/14/2009
"Digging up the Past"
After decades of putting hazardous and toxic waste into the Parker Street Dump, the city of New Bedford Massachusetts built a high school and middle school on the site. Today, the city is dealing with the toxic legacy.
Source: South Coast Today, 12/14/2009
$1.79 Billion Paid in Record ASARCO Settlement
"As a result of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history, $1.79 billion has been paid to fund environmental cleanup and restoration under a bankruptcy reorganization of American Smelting and Refining Company, ASARCO, federal officials announced today."
Source: ENS, 12/14/2009
Construction Water Pollution: New EPA Rule
Stormwater runoff from construction sites is a significant source of soil and sediment runoff. The new rule addresses building construction, as well as heavy and civil engineering construction
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"Consol Idling Two Mines, Blames Environmentalists"
"NEW YORK -- Coal miner Consol Energy Inc launched an attack on environmentalists on Tuesday, blaming ecological "activism" for forcing it to idle two mines in West Virginia that employ nearly 500 workers." Activists countered that the coal company's violations were egregious and that Consol should follow the law.
Source: Reuters, 12/09/2009
Industrial Chemical Found in Many Waters and Lands
The synthetic compound dinitrotoluene, contaminating military sites, industrial settings, and other areas, is used primarily to make polyurethane products found in goods such as bedding and furniture, as well as in explosives, ammunition, dyes, and air bags.
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"Accidental Release of Toxic Chemicals, Polluted Water by Local Plants Cited in Report"
"Frequent accidents at 10 of the state's biggest refineries resulted in the release of millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into the air and millions of gallons of polluted water into state water courses between 2005 and 2008, according to a report to be released this morning by the Louisiana Bucket Brigade."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 12/08/2009
"Selenium From Power Plants Poses Ecological Risks, Spurs EPA Review"
"Selenium is an essential nutrient, but excess amounts can be dangerous to wildlife and people. Now the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing a new regulation that would require more than 600 coal-fired power plants to clean up -- perhaps even eliminate -- wastewater discharged into lakes, rivers and other waterways."
Source: EHN, 12/07/2009
"Enviros Fear Possible Loophole in EPA Coal Ash Rules"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is on schedule to release federal guidelines for the disposal of coal ash some time this month, but a potential loophole in the new rules has some worried they will leave Iowans unprotected."
Source: Iowa Independent, 12/04/2009
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