Mining Made Tar Creek A Toxic Wasteland. Quapaw Nation Brought It Back.
"The Quapaw Nation is the only US Native community to carry out a cleanup of one of the country’s worst sites of environmental contamination"
Source: Guardian, 03/17/2026
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"After Years of Gains, GOP Pushes to Roll Back Chemical Regulations"
"In Texas, environmental activists and experts raise the alarm about the impact on the state’s petrochemical industry."
Source: Capital & Main, 03/09/2026
"States Push Climate Superfund Bills Despite Trump’s Opposition"
"The legislation would make oil and gas firms pay for climate damages from burning their products. Trump has referred to such laws as 'extortion.'"
Source: Canary Media, 02/18/2026
"Climate ‘Superfund’ Bills Spread Nationwide, Despite Legal Battles"
"Climate “superfund” bills, based on the principle that oil companies should pay costs associated with climate change, are gaining ground in state legislatures around the country."
Source: NYTimes, 02/09/2026
"Judges Signal Support For ‘Forever Chemicals’ Superfund Rule"
"A federal appellate court panel did not seem swayed by industry groups’ plea to toss EPA’s hazardous substance designations for two types of PFAS."
Source: E&E News, 01/21/2026
"How Community Solar Turned A Superfund Site Into Savings In Illinois"
"A new 9.1-MW solar array will help residents of Waukegan, Illinois, reduce energy bills. State incentives for low-income solar made the project possible."
Source: Canary Media, 01/12/2026
EPA Was Considering Massive Omaha Lead Cleanup. Then Trump Shifted Guidance.
"For over a century, a smelter and other plants polluted Omaha with 400 million pounds of lead. The city now has the largest residential lead cleanup site in the U.S."
Source: Flatwater Free Press, 12/12/2025
"EPA: Superfund Cleanup ‘Likely’ Fouled Pennsylvania Town’s Water"
"Municipal sewage sludge was used as fertilizer in the project that began decades ago in Palmerton, where PFAS now taint soil and water."
Source: E&E News, 11/03/2025
EPA Hasn’t Released Completed Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical
"Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the Trump administration has yet to release it."
Source: ProPublica, 10/10/2025
"Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide"
"The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage."
Source: NYTimes, 09/09/2025
