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Leaving EPA Behind, Environmental Justice Pioneer Preaches Hope Amid Trump Cutbacks

In 26 years at the agency, Charles Lee worked to keep the focus on communities. Now, he believes communities will keep the movement alive, despite the federal government’s retreat.

By Marianne Lavelle

A person walks their dog at Warminster Community Park located on the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster site in Bucks County, Pa. Former military bases in the area are linked to contaminated drinking water, affecting tens of thousands of residents in Bucks and Montgomery Counties in Eastern Pennsylvania. Credit: Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Michigan Lawmakers Aim to Revisit ‘Polluter Pay’ to Enforce Cleanup of Toxic Sites

By Douglas J. Guth

The coal-fired River Rouge power plant in Michigan was retired in 2021. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

From Blight to Bright: Michigan Explores Solar Power on Brownfield Sites

By Douglas J. Guth

After Decades of Shattered Trust, Chicagoans Demand Transparency on South Side Quantum Computing Development

By Keerti Gopal

How North America’s Leading Brownfield Redeveloper Makes Millions by Not Redeveloping Brownfields

By Daniel Propp

Solar Landfill Plan Finds Eager Developers

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News

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