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A Contaminated Riverside Lot in Chicago’s Bridgeport Neighborhood Is Poised for Cleanup by Peoples Gas

Residents hearing about cleanup plans for a long-unused industrial site, set to begin in October, hope the nearly four acres could be added to nearby parkland.

By Charna Albert

Peoples Gas plans to remediate a contaminated site on Chicago’s South Side, next to a park on what used to be the rest of the company’s property there. Credit: Charna Albert/Inside Climate News

Fourth Power Plant Approved in Newark Despite Tearful Protests From Ironbound Residents

By Emilie Lounsberry

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

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

By Daniel Propp

Chicago Mayor Slow to Act on Promises to Build Green Economy by Repurposing Polluted Industrial Sites

By Brett Chase

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