Por: The Advocate Business September 12, 2023
The has recommended adding the shuttered lead battery recycling facility in East Baton Rouge Parish to the National Priorities List, which would make it eligible for federal cleanup assistance. The action announced last week came six months after EPA was forced to take over operation of a wastewater treatment facility at the 33-acre plant site at 2400 Brookwood Drive. The cost of operating the plant used up more than $4.5 million in a trust... + full article
Los Angeles Times USA Nation June 10, 2023
With a torrent of criticism swirling around California’s largest environmental cleanup, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla Friday visited Boyle Heights and renewed his call for the federal Environmental Protection Agency to aid state efforts in removing lead contamination from... + más
Lawmakers demand EPA action on troubled cleanup of lead-contaminated L.A.-area homes | Los Angeles Times
EPA is urged to help clean up LA battery plant contamination | Associated Press
Los Angeles Times USA Opinion May 22, 2023
It’s about time. After years of being excluded from California’s largest environmental cleanup, there’s finally a proposal to remove lead-tainted soil from thousands of parkways — the publicly owned strips of land between people’s homes and the street — in... + más
Los Angeles Times USA Nation May 13, 2023
California's budget proposal commits $67 million to clean thousands of lead-contaminated parkways in front of homes, schools and parks near the former Exide battery smelter in southeast Los Angeles County, state officials announced Friday. At a news conference to discuss... + más
Editorial: California needs more than just money to stop bungling the Exide cleanup | Los Angeles Times
State agency forfeited cleanup funds for lead-contaminated parkways in Los Angeles County | Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times USA Science May 02, 2023
Under the watchful eyes of neighbors, scientists in white lab coats knelt to spread a flour-like mineral over a lawn in Huntington Park. The dusting of zeolite doesn't take long, but it could be key to mitigating a disaster that has festered for decades across southeast Los... + más
This is the right way to get rid of dust in your home | WPTV
Opinion | The New York Times
Associated Press USA Politics February 19, 2023
VERNON, Calif. (AP) — Members of Congress asked the federal government to help clean up toxic lead contamination from a former battery recycling plant outside Los Angeles.Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla joined Long Beach Rep. Robert Garcia in appealing Thursday to the... + más
Denka sues EPA over 'politically-driven' air pollution rules | The Advocate
You Won't Believe What the Germiest Surface in Your Kitchen Is | NBC 6 South Florida
Los Angeles Times USA Nation February 17, 2023
Amid California's long struggle to hold an industrial polluter accountable and remove lead contamination from neighborhoods southeast of downtown Los Angeles, members of Congress are now calling on the federal Environmental Protection Agency to assist in the troubled... + más
EPA awards $1B to clean up 22 toxic waste sites nationwide | WPLG Local 10
EPA awards $1 billion to clean up 22 toxic waste sites nationwide | Portland Press Herald
Orlando Sentinel USA Crime February 02, 2023
One of Central Florida’s most notorious pollution messes is a little more than two months away from a heavy assault by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Tower Chemical Superfund site, located in a once-remote area now quickly developing east of Clermont and just... + más
EPA aims to finally knock out Lake’s Tower Chemical Superfund site | Orlando Sentinel
Gov. John Bel Edwards asks EPA to add Capitol Lakes to Superfund cleanup list | The Advocate
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