Mickey and the Bear

Life on the front line of the opioid crisis

"...city of Anaconda in southwestern Montana, a real-world EPA Superfund site with a population of just over 9,000. “It’s..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

McHale's Navy

"...the process of conceiving, producing, and distributing this comedic Superfund site required active, premeditated thought and effort that, in..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Naked City

"...Texas sites to the National Priorities List of the Superfund program, both cases of groundwater contamination from unknown sources:..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature

City Hall: Yes, Austin, Barton Springs Is Still Safe

One more time: City, state, and federal experts refute rash Statesman claims about Barton Springs pollution

"...cancer-causing chemicals had reached levels that have led to Superfund cleanups in sites elsewhere in the nation, City Manager..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

EPA vs. the AP

Environmental Protection Agency smears journalist after criticism of Harvey inspections

"...agency's response to Hurricane Harvey blitzing 13 highly polluted Superfund sites in Texas has been equally cartoonish, but nowhere..."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...• The annual rate of cleanup for Superfund sites has fallen more than 50% since 2001, compared..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature

The Hightower Lowdown

Dubya lets polluters make messes, but we pay for the clean-up; the computer industry isn't as clean as it would like us to think; and the National Academy of Scientists calls for closer scrutiny of biotech.

"...mess, grab the profits, and run. That's why the Superfund waste cleanup law was passed in 1980. "The polluter..."

March 8, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Gov. Bush presents a new plan to clean up "brownfields," or abandoned industrial sites, across Texas, but environmental leaders say the plan greenwashes his poor environmental record.

"...earlier this month, proposing an initiative to reform federal Superfund laws, Callahan has some free advice for Bush: "The..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Postmarks

It Was a Drum Machine

"...if it exists. If not, maybe it's time... Protect Superfund..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Column

Money's Green, Too

The Nature Conservancy & Big Bidness Makes Cents

"...Center in Colorado pulled together the National Commission on Superfund, a group of industry, government, and environmental representatives, to..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

The Apprentice

Fctionalized account of Donald Trump’s rise (Sebastian Stan) under the tutelage of lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong)

"...just toxic – it was a cultural and geopolitical superfund site...."

Oct. 11, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Interesting Test Borings

"...Energy (and Austin taxpayers) with a potentially very expensive Superfund site. I assume that’s why the property was not..."

Oct. 24, 2023 Postmarks

Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again

The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill

"...asked the EPA to list the IWU as a Superfund site and take charge of its cleanup; this did..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

The Luv Doc: Rubber Bands

Why the LuvDoc can't buy Tricia's rubber bands

"...a shallow green slime pit that qualified for EPA Superfund money, Joe Bob and I didn’t send a tersely..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...Protection Agency to declare the industrial waste site a Superfund site. If the EPA had bestowed the Superfund designation..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Beveridge Man

How a little Austin distillery caught the attention of worldwide vodka drinkers.

"...finally repatriated, he worked as an environmental engineer on Superfund projects. 'When my 'green' friends give me trouble about..."

April 19, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Hightower Lowdown

Brazil's indigenous people battle corporate biopirates; the Bush appointee calendar is 12 months of ugly; and the Century Club lets in the riff-raff.

"...that he has represented super-polluter General Electric in its Superfund fights against the EPA, and he's been a lobbyist..."

Feb. 15, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Tom Daschle goes whoring for gold; SBC changes the rules; Rudy Giuliani tries to steal home -- playing against the taxpayers.

"...so this mine is in line to become another Superfund site, potentially costing the company $40 million to clean..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Wasn't It FABulous?

Economic and environmental consequences of high tech plant closings are potentially grim.

"...anything about our new corporate citizens' ties to EPA-designated Superfund cleanup sites. Massive groundwater and soil contamination in the..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...to add the site to the National Priorities List (Superfund), and to prevent WMI from doing any further examination..."

May 29, 1998 News Feature

Fantastic Fest Review: The Apprentice

Controversy-sparking Trump biopic follows the birth of a monster

"...just toxic – it was a cultural and geopolitical superfund site...."

Sept. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Can a Veteran Oil Man Clean Up the Railroad Commission’s Mess?

Bill Burch is running to raise awareness of groundwater contamination

"...issues under control, we’re on our way to a Superfund site.”..."

Feb. 23, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Cut the Corporate Welfare

"...the city; the Crestview Station area was an EPA Superfund Site very successfully remediated. Any piece of prime taxpayer-owned..."

May 3, 2018 Postmarks

Point Austin: Clean Is as Clean Does

Austin's success against sealants starts a trend

"...than used motor oil," producing sediments "the equivalent of Superfund sites."..."

June 20, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Ryan Cownie Has Up and Taken Over Avalanche Comedy

And Chris Cubas, on his way to Kansas City, swears this is a good thing

"...former host, has absconded with his hilarity and his Superfund-level 'fro-and-beard to work for the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in..."

Nov. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

West, Ammonium Nitrate, And the Myopia of Terrorism

House hearing shows emphasis on public safety, not health and safety

"...the localization of responsibility began in 1983 with the Superfund Amendment Reauthorization Act. In fact, Texas had been ahead..."

May 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: On the Road to a Waller Redesign ...

Council fumbles the master plan

"...instead of a little light dusting, it required a Superfund-style scrubbing...."

June 3, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Tire Mound of Mystery

Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance

"...states. The site was not removed from the EPA's Superfund list until 2005...."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hill Country Militia

Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment

"...still "terrific," there are warning signs. The Leon Valley Superfund site is one of the most obvious. Five wells..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

Unveiling WebberVilla Muse!

Austin, Webberville leaders find common ground in "VillaVille"

"...be taking tax dollars off the top, and the Superfund will be paying to clean up the soil below."..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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