Oct. 11, 2020  Extreme weather worsened by climate change threatens hundreds of toxic Superfund sites, but the Trump administration largely abandoned Obama-era plans to address the risks. Even the words "climate change" were removed from Environmental Protection Agency plans, and scientists and administrators who were working on the issue left the agency.
Dennis McLerran, a former regional EPA administrator, worries about the future: "Not taking climate change into account is putting your head in the sand," he said.
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