News Articles — Greenfield Environmental Trust Group

Grocery store among resident ideas for redevelopment of contaminated Bossier property

By Justin O’Connor, Shreveport-Bossier Advocate, November 24, 2025

Anna NovikovaNovember 24, 2025

EPA, Multistate Trust provide update on cleanup efforts at Navassa Superfund site

By Connor Smith, WECT6, November 18, 2025

Anna NovikovaNovember 18, 2025

Environmental group wants input from Bossier residents in neighborhood with contaminated soil

By Justin O’Connor, Shreveport-Bossier Advocate, November 17, 2025

Anna NovikovaNovember 17, 2025

Navassa residents invited to public meeting on superfund site remediation

By Reyna Crooms, WECT6, November 12, 2025

Anna NovikovaNovember 12, 2025

Additional Cleanup of Contaminated Soil and Debris in OU2 Started Nov. 3. Updates To Be Shared at Community Meeting Nov. 18.

NAVASSA, N.C. (November 12, 2025) – Additional cleanup of contaminated soil and debris began November 3 in Operable Unit 2 (OU2) of the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Navassa Superfund Site (Site) and is expected to take 4 to 6 weeks to finish.

Anna NovikovaNovember 12, 2025

Residents of the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee wood treatment facility get an update on remediation

By Michele Skalicky, KSMU Ozarks Public Radio, November 7, 2025

Anna NovikovaNovember 7, 2025

With funding dwindling, creosote cleanup in northwest Springfield could reach a crossroads

By Marta Mieze, Springfield News-Leader, November 7, 2025

Anna NovikovaNovember 7, 2025

Meeting on Nov. 6 Will Update Community on Cleanup of Contamination Left by Former Wood Treatment Plant in Springfield

Anna NovikovaOctober 30, 2025

'Incredible transformation': Former East Helena smelter site redevelopment honored

By Helena Independent Record, August 8, 2025

Christine AmrhineAugust 8, 2025

Transformation of Former Smelter in East Helena, Montana, Wins Prestigious Phoenix Award for Brownfields Redevelopment

CHICAGO, IL (August 20, 2025) – The transformation of a former lead smelter and surrounding land in East Helena, Montana, has earned the prestigious Phoenix Award for excellence in brownfields redevelopment. The cleanup and revitalization of the former ASARCO smelter site received the 2025 Phoenix Award for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 on August 7 at the National Brownfields Conference hosted by EPA and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) in Chicago.

awardsChristine AmrhineAugust 8, 2025

Greenfield Earned Third National Phoenix Award

Greenfield has earned three Phoenix Awards for excellence in brownfields redevelopment—the highest such honor in the practice of brownfields redevelopment.

In 2000, we received recognition for our accomplishments at the Industri-plex Site in Woburn, Massachusetts. See the Phoenix Award on display at the Anderson Regional Transportation Center in Woburn.

In 2005, we were recognized for our work at the Mountain Pine Pressure Treating Site in Plainview, Arkansas.

In 2025, we earned a Phoenix Award for our work on the transformation of the former ASARCO smelter site in East Helena, Montana, and most of the 2,000 surrounding acres. See our press release.

awardsChristine AmrhineAugust 8, 2025

Cleanup of contaminated soil at Navassa Superfund Site discussed at community meeting

By WECT6, July 10, 2025

Anna NovikovaJuly 10, 2025

Planned Ditch Cleanup and Replacement to Be Discussed at June 23 Community Meeting

BOSSIER CITY, LA (June 18, 2025) – The Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) are cohosting a community meeting Monday, June 23 to discuss plans to remove contaminated soil along a drainage ditch and replace part of the ditch north of the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treating Facility (Site) this summer.

Anna NovikovaJune 18, 2025