Obama's EPA plans fewer toxic cleanups

For years, the Bush administration was criticized for not cleaning up enough of the nation's most contaminated waste sites. The Obama administration plans to do even less. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 11, 2009 - 7:29 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Aug 11, 2009 - 7:29 PM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 11, 2009

A bit sensationalist in the title and leadin, the story looks at real root problems leftover from Bush efforts to defund cleanup.

No mention of Hanford here, the biggest toxic waste dump of them all.

A tax on petroleum, chemicals and large companies once helped EPA pay for the multimillion dollar cleanups. It expired in 1995 and Superfund has ... More »

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