After more than a decade of court battles, the Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear residents’ case against the property’s current owner. The towns say an additional $58 million is needed to lower those levels far more drastically. ADAD“It’s a really long struggle,” said Serge Myers, who in the early 2000s helped spearhead a citizens’ movement that led to the lawsuit. Even so, the people of Opportunity couldn’t have foreseen that the legal fight over toxic waste would outlive many of them. While such connections are not unusual in Washington, it does add to a decades-long list of actions that have made Opportunity residents feel like the deck is stacked against them.

Source: Washington Post December 01, 2019 12:04 UTC