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Hazard NJ: Risks of climate change to NJ's Superfund sites

Many of the state's Superfund sites are situated along waterways prone to flooding

05/18/2022

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Hazard NJ: Risks of climate change to NJ's Superfund sites

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Many of the state's Superfund sites are situated along waterways prone to flooding

New Jersey leads the nation in toxic Superfund sites, many of them situated along waterways prone to flooding. As the world warms -- driving the climate engine to churn out stronger, more frequent storms -- it transforms dozens of toxic Superfund sites in New Jersey into ticking time bombs more vulnerable to catastrophic downpours and tidal surges.

05/18/2022

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