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January 17, 2020

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The Environmental Protection Agency has a larger backlog of unfunded Superfund sites than any time in at least 15 years, according to the Associated Press.

Here & Now's Tonya Mosley speaks with Judith Enck (@enckj), a former EPA official, and Ed Lorenz, chair of the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force in Michigan.

This segment aired on January 17, 2020.

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