Inside Climate Newsby David Hasemyer Agency says it will re-examine the formulas it uses, based on data provided by industry, and people near oil and gas sites hope that means cleaner air. ***This could be important for the flares at the Bridgeton Landfill.***A lot of Volatile Organic Compounds VOC’s are being produced by the fire.. …
Read MorePruitt says EPA will create top 10 list for Superfund Cleanup, 07/25/2017
The Washington Postby Darryl Fears https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/07/25/pruitt-says-epa-will-create-top-10-list-for-superfund-cleanup/?utm_term=.a0db58f4c89e
Read MoreFighting the Toxic Nightmare Next Door, 09/28/2017
Bloomberg Businessweekby Susan Berfield https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-28/fighting-the-toxic-nightmare-next-door
Read More‘Atomic Homefront’: St. Louis Residents Fire Back at EPA Over Local Nuclear Waste (Exclusive Video), 11/14/2017
The Hollywood Reporterby Hilary Lewis The film, which premieres at the Doc NYC festival, follows a group of moms-turned-activists as they confront government agencies and corporations over the illegal dumping of radioactive waste in their neighborhood. A group of concerned St. Louis residents confront representatives from the Army Corps and EPA over the safety of…
Read MoreEPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Announces West Lake Landfill Superfund Proposed Remedy, 02/01/2018
EPA.govEPA Press Office WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the proposed remedy for the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Missouri. “The people of the St. Louis region deserve clarity and answers with respect to the remediation of the West Lake Landfill,” said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. “I promised them an…
Read MoreEPA: Baseball fields near Superfund site are safe
The Washington Timesby Jim Salter, The Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency says there is no evidence of radiological contamination on the fields of a baseball complex near a suburban St. Louis Superfund site, despite private testing that raised enough concern to cause a youth tournament to relocate. The Cinco de…
Read MoreNeighbors Fume at Radioactive Dump
The Wall Street Journalby John R. Emshwiller Legacy of Atomic-Era Weapons Work in St. Louis Suburb Stirs Worries About Health, Environment BRIDGETON, Mo.—A dispute is smoldering here, in one sense quite literally, over what to do with thousands of tons of radioactive waste in a landfill in this suburban St. Louis town. Some residents argue…
Read MoreSt. Louis Is Burning
Rolling Stoneby Steven Hsieh An underground landfill fire near tons of nuclear waste raises serious health and safety concerns – so why isn’t the government doing more to help? There’s a fire burning in Bridgeton, Missouri. It’s invisible to area residents, buried deep beneath the ground in a North St. Louis County landfill. But the smoldering waste…
Read MoreMountain of Nuclear Waste Splits St. Louis and Suburbs
The New York Timesby Keith Schneider ST. LOUIS— Nearly half a century after a company here began processing fuel for nuclear weapons, St. Louis and several western suburbs are battling over a new disposal plan for millions of cubic yards of dirt contaminated with uranium, thorium, radium, actinium and other radioactive elements that are polluting the…
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