The chemical giant 3M will pay New Jersey nearly a half billion dollars to settle liabilities related to decades of toxic “forever chemical” pollution around the Garden State.

State officials announced the settlement Tuesday morning, where the Minnesota-based company will pay up to $450 million to New Jersey toward environmental remediation and restoration of damaged natural resources.

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WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - U.S. House lawmakers laid out plans on Monday to phase out clean energy tax credits, slash spending on electric vehicles and renewable energy, and claw back other climate-related funds as part of the Republicans' attempt to pass a multi-trillion-dollar budget in line with President Donald Trump's agenda.

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Annapolis, MD (May 13, 2025) – Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman and the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation (AAEDC) today announced the selection of Sawmill Partners, LLC as the development partner for the transformation of 7409 Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard. The 13-acre portion of the County-owned site is slated for redevelopment into the Villages at Sawmill Creek – a vibrant, transit-oriented community that supports housing, multimodal transportation connectivity, and economic revitalization in central Glen Burnie.

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The state plans to invest millions of dollars to rescue a large industrial site with massive machines “as large as a small house”.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has awarded more than $10 million in grant and loan money to assist in the future redevelopment of the former manufacturing plant in Carlisle.

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PLAINVILLE — Soil remediation at the former White Oak construction site is set to begin this fall, according to Town Council Chair Chris Wazorko.

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The EPA is planning to move faster on cleaning up hundreds of contaminated sites across the nation during the second Trump administration, the agency’s administrator says.

“Each Superfund site has its own unique circumstances and challenges, but the overall posture of the Trump EPA is that we want to expedite every timeline possible,” Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said in an email to Bloomberg Law.

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The US Environmental Protection Agency on April 28 announced a series of steps it plans to take to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

In a news release, the agency lists 21 actions across three “principles”: strengthening the science, fulfilling statutory obligations and enhancing communication, and building partnerships.

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WOODBRIDGE – The state is going to court to force a township company and its owner to comply with court orders dating to 2018 for illegal dumping and pay nearly $200,000 in penalties.

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A 12-acre property in Kearny, described by state officials as an “enormous illegal junkyard,” is the focus of a new environmental enforcement lawsuit.

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HARTFORD — There were only a few lawmakers in the state Senate chamber the other afternoon when veteran Sen. Joan Hartley introduced a bill that was 45 years in the making and now more than five years into developing a balance between potentially expensive environmental cleanups and economic development opportunities.

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