Microbiology professor Mary Beth Leigh and the team found that planting grasses or adding fertilizer, or a combination of both, to a contaminated site had surprisingly persistent effects on the microbes associated with local vegetation.

Here's a May 23 remediation news roundup surrounding Superfund and brownfield sites from the U.S. EPA.

Framework will put people to work in locally led landscape restoration projects driven by collaborative partnerships while advancing climate resilience.

A crew of 270 people are hard at work remediating around nine waste rock piles — which the EPA estimates will cost over $1 billion to clean up.

Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development, Inc., was awarded $300,000 for three AMD projects selected through the merit review process for federal funding opportunities.

AML reclamation supports jobs in coal communities by investing in projects that close dangerous mine shafts, reclaim unstable slopes, improve water quality by treating acid mine drainage, and restore water supplies damaged by mining.

 The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocated a total of $16 billion to address legacy pollution, including $11.3 billion in abandoned mine land funding over 15 years.

As required by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, funding allocations are determined based on the number of tons of coal historically produced in each state or on Indian lands before August 3, 1977.

Degraded lands often do not sequester carbon, but redevelopment and revegetation can change that.

On Tuesday, the Department of the Interior announced nearly $10 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 17 project sites.