Tag: Abandoned

You Can Take Them Out of the Air Force… But You Can’t Ever Take the Air Force Out of Them (2025)

January 23, 2025

We explored an abandoned Air Force Base in the desert. We love learning about history but we just don’t see things the same anymore. We now know that the Air Force abandons bases they contaminate. The squadron and Fighter Wing in Massachusetts that poisoned me with lead is gone too. The brand new facility they … More You Can Take Them Out of the Air Force… But You Can’t Ever Take the Air Force Out of Them (2025)

Love Canal: The Environmental Disaster That Changed America and Became the Birthplace of the EPA Superfund Program (Niagara Falls, New York)

January 15, 1979

In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, … More Love Canal: The Environmental Disaster That Changed America and Became the Birthplace of the EPA Superfund Program (Niagara Falls, New York)