A Sprawling Superfund Site Has Contaminated Lavaca Bay. Now, It’s Threatened by Climate Change

For years, this toxic industrial site in Texas leaked mercury and mercury-tainted dredge materials into Lavaca Bay. Climate change threatens to worsen that contamination. This article was published by The Texas Observer as part of a joint investigation series with InsideClimate News and NBC News that examines the threats climate change poses to America’s Superfund sites.