The air around 435 US schools is saturated with carcinogens more than 50 times higher than state standards allow, a newspaper investigation found.

How was Superfund created? Superfund was created on Dec. 11, 1980, when Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

By John Richardson Terry Connelly remembers clipping out a 2002 newspaper headline declaring an end to the long-running saga of the McKin toxic waste site in Gray. It was a satisfying, mission-accomplished moment for Connelly, who lives in Eliot and oversaw the site for the U.S.

By Matthew Tresaugue, Houston Chronicle Mar. 20--The Environmental Protection Agency added three submerged industrial waste pits that have been contaminating the San Jacinto River with highly toxic dioxin for decades to the Superfund list of the nation's most polluted places Wednesday.

By Aaron Besecker LEWISTON -- State and local officials hailed Friday's announcement of $12 million in planned improvements to Lake Ontario fisheries and access points, including a $1 million package for projects in Niagara County.