Lack of Funding Slows Waste Site Cleanup
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Federal program is grappling with costlier and more complex sites and is facing a chronic reluctance by Congress to raise its budget.
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Blog: Money is pouring into clean tech start-ups, but recent reports examine longer-term issues.
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The federal government, contractually obligated to bury the waste, is at least 20 years behind schedule.
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By Ronnie Moore, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Sep. 20--RINGGOLD, Ga. -- Catoosa County commissioners have still reached no decision on the methane gas problem drifting from the closed county landfill, despite about two hours in executive session Tuesday night.
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Many initial estimates by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the cost of repairing thousands of water-logged buildings, cracked pipes and crumbling streets in hurricane-staggered Louisiana were way too low &#151; and some reconstruction projects are being held up because of it.
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Dredging is useful for removing contaminated material from sediment, but can't eliminate the problem, a report says.
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Because of tight regulations enacted by the European Union in 1994, proper waste disposal  has become prohibitively expensive. Enter the black-market trash brokers, who have taken to "port hopping" - moving toxic rubbish along the line of least resistance to underregulated areas in Africa or Asia.
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Peers express dismay that long-term solutions are not forthcoming on disposing of radioactive waste.
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By Seth Freedland, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Dec. 12--JAMES CITY -- After Hurricane Isabel, James City County struggled to get reimbursed for debris cleanup on private roads.
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By Simon Read, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 9--A discarded washing machine lies on its side along a dirt tract near Tommy's Harbor. Garbage bags and other trash have been dumped in the nearby weeds.
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Measures to tackle rising public health problems are being hit by a lack of funds, health chiefs say.
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By Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Mar. 13--WASHINGTON -- Southwestern Pennsylvania stands to benefit from a  package of $14 billion in low-interest loans that the U.S. House approved last  week to help local governments pay for improvements to their sewage systems.
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Widows must wait longer for results because coroner has yet to receive promised funds.
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By Kathy Kellogg  Members of the new Brownfield Opportunity Area Steering Committee were asked Thursday night to become the force behind plans to attract cleanup funding and redevelopment suitors to 500 acres of dormant and contaminated industrial land in north Olean.
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By AMY WOLD  With Congress not passing a Water Resources Development Act this year, federal funding to address south Louisiana's coastal land loss probably won't be coming anytime soon.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Feb. 27--There are many reasons why government projects take so long to complete. Money's often scarce. Leadership changes. Regulations are tough to meet.
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By THOMAS B. LANGHORNE, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7432 or langhornet@courierpress.com  Covered in mud and their nostrils assaulted by foul odors, about 30 volunteers worked Saturday to clean up a longtime dump site near Pigeon Creek.