Number	23735
Subject	Development
Source	Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
State	NJ
Year	2007
Publication Date	1/18; 2/16; 4/9; 5/6; 6/8; 9/21; 10/21; 10/23; 10/25; 12/23
Summary	"The stories examined how a $1-billion plan to clean up and reclaim a large swath of the Meadowlands -- New Jersey's infamous toxic swamps and trash dumps -- lead to an environmental disaster underwritten by the state's taxpayers." The reporters found that the plan was plagued with corruption. For example, the developers who were supposed to be cleaning the area made $30 million by opening it up to dumpers. The Meadowlands site is now more polluted than when the project began.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	103
Keywords	development; developers; EnCap; toxic waste; garbage; environment; EPA; state government
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