BONUS Episode: Polluters Pay Up on the Passaic
Hazard NJ16 Des 2022

BONUS Episode: Polluters Pay Up on the Passaic

Efforts to clean up the lower stretch of the Passaic River are getting a $150 million boost, thanks to a new settlement between the federal government and 85 likely polluters. This stretch of the river, running through Newark and nearby towns, is coated with a lining of toxic mud, tainted by decades and decades of chemical dumping. Getting it cleaned up will be difficult – and expensive. At roughly $1.8 billion, the Passaic River is estimated to be the costliest project currently facing the EPA’s Superfund program. That makes the settlement a small, but welcome, step forward.

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Hazard NJ Season 2, Episode 4: Nothing is “Forever”

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Hazard NJ Season 2, Episode 3: Tainted Blood

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Hazard NJ Season 2, Episode 2: Soaked in Foam

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All Gassed Up, Part 1: The Carbon Coast

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Hazard NJ Season 2, Episode 1: First a Miracle, Then a Curse

Hazard NJ Season 2, Episode 1: First a Miracle, Then a Curse

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18 Nov 202427min

Hazard NJ Season 2: Forever Chemicals

Hazard NJ Season 2: Forever Chemicals

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11 Nov 20242min

BONUS EPISODE: New taxes, new progress

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5 Des 20234min

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