Re: [CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: "Get an Inside Look at the Department of Defense’s Struggle to Fix Pollution at More Than 39,000 Sites"

Lenny,

Lustgarden's is good solid work! It's about time that USACE and DoD past work (?) is exposed for what it really is. The real problem is that it could have been done the right way utilizing technology.

Rick

On Monday, May 14, 2018 11:29 AM, Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> wrote:

Get an Inside Look at the Department of Defense’s Struggle to Fix Pollution at More Than 39,000 Sites

For the first time, the Pentagon’s internal database used to track its environmental problems is available to the public.

by Abrahm Lustgarden

ProPublica

May 7, 2018

For much of the past two years I’ve been digging into a vast, $70 billion environmental cleanup program run by the U.S. Department of Defense that tracks tens of thousands of polluted sites across the United States. In some places, old missiles and munitions were left buried beneath school grounds. In others, former test sites for chemical weapons have been repurposed for day care centers and housing developments. The oldest, dating to World War I, have faded into history, making it difficult to keep track of the pollution that was left behind.

For nearly 45 years, the Pentagon kept its program - the Defense Environmental Restoration Program - out of the spotlight, and most of these sites have never been scrutinized by the public. However, the agency has meticulously tracked its own efforts, recording them in a detailed internal database. We were the first to see it, ever. Now we’re sharing it with you.

The dataset includes details on more than 39,000 unique sites across more than 5,000 present and former military locations in every U.S. state and territory. The sites are literally in almost everyone’s backyard. And so while a few of the most notorious cleanup spots may be well-known, the tools included here can help local news outlets, the public or anyone else dive deep into the details of hidden threats that have never before seen light.

…

For the entire article, see

https://www.propublica.org/nerds/data-get-an-inside-look-at-the-department-of-defense-struggle-to-fix-pollution

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From:	Ricky Stauber <eod1952@verizon.net>
Date:	Mon, 14 May 2018 10:17:46 -0700 (PDT)
Reply:	cpeo-military
Subject:	Re: [CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: "Get an Inside Look at the Department of Defense’s Struggle to Fix Pollution at More Than 39,000 Sites"

Lenny, Lustgarden's is good solid work! It's about time that USACE and DoD past work (?) is exposed for what it really is. The real problem is that it could have been done the right way utilizing technology. Rick On Monday, May 14, 2018 11:29 AM, Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> wrote: Get an Inside Look at the Department of Defense’s Struggle to Fix Pollution at More Than 39,000 Sites For the first time, the Pentagon’s internal database used to track its environmental problems is available to the public. by Abrahm Lustgarden ProPublica May 7, 2018 For much of the past two years I’ve been digging into a vast, $70 billion environmental cleanup program run by the U.S. Department of Defense that tracks tens of thousands of polluted sites across the United States. In some places, old missiles and munitions were left buried beneath school grounds. In others, former test sites for chemical weapons have been repurposed for day care centers and housing developments. The oldest, dating to World War I, have faded into history, making it difficult to keep track of the pollution that was left behind. For nearly 45 years, the Pentagon kept its program - the Defense Environmental Restoration Program - out of the spotlight, and most of these sites have never been scrutinized by the public. However, the agency has meticulously tracked its own efforts, recording them in a detailed internal database. We were the first to see it, ever. Now we’re sharing it with you. The dataset includes details on more than 39,000 unique sites across more than 5,000 present and former military locations in every U.S. state and territory. The sites are literally in almost everyone’s backyard. And so while a few of the most notorious cleanup spots may be well-known, the tools included here can help local news outlets, the public or anyone else dive deep into the details of hidden threats that have never before seen light. … For the entire article, see https://www.propublica.org/nerds/data-get-an-inside-look-at-the-department-of-defense-struggle-to-fix-pollution -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org
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