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The Joy of Dirty Destinations

Paul Robert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tourism, Pollu-Tourism, Montana, Ruhr, Germany, Travel, Pollution, Eco-Tourism, Butte, Superfund Sites, Superfund, Travel News
Paul Robert

Rather than polluting the sky to catch a breath of fresh air in some rain forest, maybe we should discover the joy of dirt. You could call it the opposite of eco-tourism; pollu-tourism. Take Butte, Montana.

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Colorado Senate Passes Bill Requiring Uranium Cleanup

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cotter-Corp, Mills, Mount Taylor, Superfund Sites, Uranium Mines, Western-Mining-Action-Project, Colorado Senate, Radioactive Waste, Denver News

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Is Your Baby Crawling On Carpet Made Of Coal Ash?

Deirdre Imus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Superfund Polluter Pays Act, H.R. 832, Superfund Sites, Coal-Fired Power Plant, Environmental Health, Mercury, Coal Ash, Birth Defects, Love Canal, Pcbs, Pollution, Children's Health, Superfund, Heavy Metals, Cercla, Green News
Deirdre Imus

Corporations need to take economic and social responsibility for their business practices. Environmental pollution is a major health threat with enormous economic consequences.

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Could the White House Save the Gowanus Canal?

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Sites, Mass Transit, Sustainable-Communities, New York City, Barack Obama, Affordable Housing, Environmental Remediation, Gowanus Canal, Department of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Brooklyn, New York News
John Petro

The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn: both a site for a future Whole Foods and a potential federal Superfund site. Only in New York.

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EPA Attorneys Criticize Obama Nominee Moreno

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Electric, Superfund Sites, President Obama, Justice Department, Ignacia Moreno, Environmental Protection Agency, Green News
ProPublica

Six EPA attorneys criticized the nomination, but asked that their names not be used in this story because they fear retribution. They said they doubt that anyone who has recently defended GE would be effective in the role.

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Picher, Oklahoma: Former Residents Hold Wake For Toxic Town

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Centralia Pa, Superfund Sites, Picher, Pitcher Oklahoma, Picher Ok, Picher Oklahoma, Green News

Former residents, bought out by the government because their town was deemed so dangerous, gathered in Picher's elementary school to say farewell to a...

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50 EPA Cleanup Sites To Get Stimulus Money

AP | HILARY RUSS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Superfund Sites, Superfund, Water, Pollution, Green Stimulus, New Bedford-Massachusetts, Minneapolis-Minnesota, Omaha-Missouri, Evansville-Indiana, Green News

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — For decades, the New Bedford Harbor was a dumping ground for industrial metals and other contaminants. But now that harbor ...

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Stimulus Package Provides Half A Billion Dollars For Pollution Fight

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stimulus Package Superfund Sites, Superfund Sites, Stimulus Package Pollution Money, Environment, Super Fund Sites, Pollution, Stimulus Package, Green News

Fifty of the country's most polluted and hazardous waste sites were singled out Wednesday to receive a share of federal stimulus money to continue cle...

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