Superfund: In the Eye of the Storm
The Center for Health, Environment & Justice and 40 groups in 23 states released a major new report, Superfund: In The Eye of the Storm on March 19th which reveals corporate bailouts and climate change-related hurricanes, tornadoes and flooding are damaging toxic waste sites and burdening the financially ailing Federal Superfund. CHEJ and groups are holding media events and delivering letters to Members of Congress in support of President Obama and Congress's recent actions to refinance Superfund by restoring polluter pays fees. Groups are also delivering a pizza to key Senators and House Representatives to highlight the low cost of corporate Superfund fees. One of the fees, the Corporate Environmental Income Tax paid by companies with $2 million or more in profits, was only $12 on every $10,000 in profits-the price of a large, cheese pizza.
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For more information, please contact Moira Bulloch, CHEJ at 703-237-2249 ext. 19 or mbulloch@chej.org.
