Site Cleanup & Redevelopment

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Recent developments include the move to Phase 2 of environmental assessment at Illinois’ Jacksonville Developmental Center and PFAS pilot programs.

Methods evaluated include landfill disposal, incineration or cement kiln destruction, soil washing, and in situ sorption and stabilization with colloidal activated carbon.

The EPA’s new approach focuses on cleaning up lead-contaminated residential soil at Superfund and hazardous waste sites.

The Brownfields Job Training Grant is designed for organizations that want to give unemployed and underemployed residents in communities affected by brownfields a pathway to good jobs in environmental work.

Why do some environmental remediation projects underperform, even with the right technology and design? The answer often lies in the field.

As part of the contract, AECOM will collaborate with three specialty small businesses, including HUBZone-certified FPM Remediations, Inc. 

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.

Industry leaders are speaking out against the EPA's recent controversial cancellation of environmental grants, as new documents reveal agency officials were aware their actions lacked proper legal justification.

"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. 

Congress explores how America's 450,000 brownfield sites could become the critical infrastructure foundation for the nation's AI and technological future, revealing a bipartisan strategy to transform contaminated industrial lands.