Abstract
Nearly 950 US Superfund sites may fail to contain toxic waste because of climate change, says a new report by the US Government Accountability Office. Consequently, the GAO recommends that the Environmental Protection Agency, which oversees the Superfund cleanup program for sites that are neither federal facilities nor on federal land, better prepare and take precautions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Those impacts include flooding, wildfires, sea level rise, and storm surge, according to the report, which includes an interactive national map of the sites. The GAO, which audits and investigates government programs for Congress, notes that the EPA has taken some action but needs to do more to incorporate potential climate impacts on human health and the environment into its decision-making to ensure long-term protection at these sites. Superfund is a national program for cleaning up or containing hazardous chemicals at former industrial sites. The EPA
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