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by zymhan 1151 days ago
That's why we have the EPA Superfund program

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Superfund

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It should be renamed "minifund" given how small the fund is today and how few sites they actually clean up

The reinstatement of the excise tax in 2022 may actually be harmful to its own environment. It's an import tax on crude oil, which will encourage the domestic oil industry leading to an importing of pollution.

It's clearly not doing its job well, there are still constant ecological disasters that never get properly addressed.
There are a lot of superfund sites, man. And it sucks that the FeddyGov is on the hook to cleanup the mess that big corps make.
Santa Clara county has the most superfund sites.