hazardous waste

As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites

Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk.

By Liza Gross

Navigating the Troubled Waters of Newtown Creek Means an Environmental Cleanup in Brooklyn and Queens That Will Cost At Least $3.3 Billion

By Jordan Gass-Pooré

The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door

By Liza Gross

Truckers Say Oil and Gas Companies Are Violating Hazardous Materials Transport Regulations

By Kiley Bense

Fearing Radioactive Waste, a Western Pennsylvania Community Fights to Stop a Landfill’s Re-Opening

By Kiley Bense

Developers See Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal as an Alluring New Waterfront. But for Years, It Stunk

By Jordan Gass-Pooré

Toxic Waste Cleanups Take Longer in Marginalized San Francisco Communities

By Audrey Mei Yi Brown, San Francisco Public Press

The ‘Horror Story’ of Hazardous Waste in a Small Pennsylvania Town

By Kiley Bense

Plan to Build a Road With Radioactive Waste in Florida Prompts Legal Challenge Against the EPA

By Amy Green

Louisville Finally Takes Stock of Abandoned Waste Dump Inside a Preserved Forest

By James Bruggers

Louisville, Kentucky, Moves Toward Cleaning Up Its ‘Gully of the Drums’ After More Than Four Decades

By James Bruggers

The EPA Cleaned Up the ‘Valley of the Drums’ Outside Louisville 45 Years Ago. Why Did it Leave the ‘Gully of the Drums’ Behind?

By James Bruggers