60% of Toxic Superfund Sites Threatened by Climate Change, GAO Finds

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By Phil McKennaNov 19, 2019, 4:20 am177 pts
Hundreds of polluted sites face an increased risk of inundation from sea level rise, flooding exacerbated by global warming, or wildfires, Congress’s watchdog warns. By Phil McKenna Sixty percent of the nation's heavily polluted Superfund sites—nearly 950 of them—are at risk from the impacts of climate…

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