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A new GAO report reveals EPA's Superfund program funding has declined 79% since 1999, even as contaminated sites could potentially be transformed into data centers to support America's AI infrastructure boom.

"If you build it, they will come," says Russell Taylor, a certified crop adviser and agronomist, referring to the beneficial microorganisms that will eventually recolonize restored soils. 

 As these fertilizers break down, they don't just release nutrients. They also shed microplastics into the soil.

The State of Washington supported the project by arranging and providing funding of $352,000 for disposal of the contaminated soil at the Stevens County Landfill.

Residents of Pasco, Washington, may notice an uptick in cleanup activity in their neighborhood as crews scramble to address a recent surge in groundwater contamination.

The results of a review commissioned in 2020 confirm that the 2013 selected cleanup plan remains the best option, but costs have increased.

These enhanced attenuation remedies replace less sustainable remedial methods like dig & haul or pump & treat, which create more PFAS waste materials.

Chlorinated solvent usage at a former printing facility in Orange County, California (Figure 1) contaminated the soil, soil vapor, and groundwater with tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE).

In the next few weeks, EPA will begin cleanup work at the Lewis Chemical Site in Hyde Park, Mass. to address polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination.

Near the industrial city Norilsk in northern Siberia in 2020, a destabilized storage tank released 17,000 metric tons of diesel. Incidents like this could "easily" become more frequent in the future as average global temperatures rise.