Environmental work is expensive, and the time frames for cleanup and monitoring can be years to decades to “in perpetuity” for some issues.
My immediate reaction when I read something like this is
- it would be hella cheaper to not let it get that way, yet we keep letting it
- both the purchasing companies and whatever level of government don’t want to get stuck with the bill for someone else’s mess - why isn’t that yet more incentive to not let it get that way?