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The Vermont Legislature Considers ‘Superfund’ Legislation to Compensate for Climate Change
19 Apr 2024 12:14 GMT
… Superfund Act rests on the established environmental doctrine of “polluter pays” … the Fund
The Climate Superfund Act will hold companies … come?”
The Climate Superfund Act represents a marked … legislature, the Climate Superfund offers an innovative pathway …
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Superfund's financial challenges could disrupt cleanups and EPA's budget plans
17 Apr 2024 11:23 GMT
… Agency Superfund program faces potential setbacks due to shortfalls in "polluter pays … Investment and Jobs Act, "polluter pays" taxes are underperforming, putting … further diminish support for the Superfund program, with potential cuts looming …
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Vermont lawmakers want fossil fuel companies to pay for damages caused by weather events: 'Climate Superfund'
03 Apr 2024 18:46 GMT
… Friday to advance the Climate Superfund Act, which would force fossil … would create a "Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program" to … long-standing principle that the polluter pays," Mountain Times reported.
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Senate advances a bill that would establish a climate ‘superfund’
29 Mar 2024 20:51 GMT
… bill that would apply the “polluter pays” model to climate change, requiring … be deposited into the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Fund.
S … establishing precedent for a climate superfund. Massachusetts, Maryland and New York …
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Waste industry implores Senate for PFAS exemptions under Superfund
21 Mar 2024 20:18 GMT
… as hazardous substances under Superfund.
Speakers representing the Solid … Act, known as CERCLA or Superfund. That rule is … costs will turn CERCLA objectives from a polluter pays policy into … the efforts to determine Superfund exemptions, including portions of …
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Chemical industry throws temper tantrum over ‘polluter pays’ tax to cover cleanup of its toxic sites
05 Feb 2024 21:34 GMT
… afford their share of the “polluter pays” tax without consumers suffering. Reading … lobby group, believes the revived polluter pays tax is misguided, suggesting taxpayers … 1980 that created the Superfund program and the polluter pays tax that helped …
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Delaware Superfund site gets new federal funding to hasten overdue cleanup
08 Mar 2024 15:17 GMT
… Chlorine and many other Superfund sites should have been cleaned … money, based on the “polluter pays” principle. But Congressional authorization … to re-appropriate the Superfund so that more money … cleans up all Delaware Superfund sites in cooperation with …
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Montanans oppose ‘catbox cleanups’ at Superfund sites
08 Mar 2024 11:13 GMT
… dead Anaconda Company in Superfund sites scattered across the … state.
The federal Superfund law is straightforward in … industrial toxics — namely, “polluter pays.” Moreover, to prevent industrial … smelter buried at the Superfund site. According to the …
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Superfund toxic waste cleanup effort gets another $1 billion installment
27 Feb 2024 23:55 GMT
… Congress included a "polluter pays" tax in the … top Democrat.
"Superfund sites threaten public and … 39;s most contaminated Superfund sites," said EPA … , landfills and mines. Superfund cleanups help transform contaminated properties …
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EPA awards $1 billion to clean up toxic waste in third cash infusion for Superfund program
27 Feb 2024 20:00 GMT
… replenished after Congress included a “polluter pays” tax in the 2021 infrastructure … up America’s most contaminated Superfund sites,” said EPA Deputy … processing plants, landfills and mines. Superfund cleanups help transform contaminated properties …