Two years after Newsdesk.org first examined high levels of air pollution in West Oakland, progress towards helping this community breathe easier is moving slowly. Thorny projects, including cleanups at the port and a local Superfund site, are hard to k... Continue Reading →
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Missed EPA grant stalls West Oakland brownfields cleanups (Toxic Tour 2)
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After more than a decade of getting approved for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants to remediate "brownfields" (contaminated properties), Oakland has been turned down. This is the first such rejection in a long time - and it will delay both... Continue Reading →
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Residential lead pollution cleanup in West Oakland will use new green technology (Toxic Tour 2)
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Soil polluted with lead has long plagued the South Prescott neighborhood of West Oakland. But cleanup is finally getting underway.This Saturday, June 25, the community is invited to learn more about the new green technology this project will use to cle... Continue Reading →