Jay Inslee on Thursday proposed a new capital gains tax to help address a projected state budget gap of more than $2 billion over the next two-year budget cycle.A state tax on the sale of stocks, bonds and other assets would raise nearly $800 million during the 2015-17 budget period, Inslee said.Another new tax proposed by the governor this week would raise an additional $380 million for the state's general fund by charging polluters for carbon emissions.

The closed auto plants were also often abandoned in a period before strong environmental regulation, causing the sites to become so-called "brownfields," unattractive to potential replacement businesses because of the pollution hang-over from decades of industrial production.[12] The pattern of the deteriorating city by the mid-1960s was visibly associated with the largely departed auto industry.

I'm doing Env Phase 1 and will be doing Phase 2 afyer phase one.Main concerns that 4 gov agencies: MN pollution control, mn dept of agriculture, the City of Mpls and Hennepin county will send me some work orders for site clean up after I buy the building and it will cost me more $.I know that I will be requesting a letter of release from liabilities from MN Polution control and no one at 3 other Gov agencies was not able to give me a clear answer what work orders will they require me to do after I purchse the property.

I can tell you without seeing the property it could have pollution in the soil that could cost a fortune to abate.  

Here it is called "County Environmental Health" and they deal with wells, septic and environmental pollutions likely to seep into the water table.

I got an irate phone call from another agent who thought I stole her listing photos.And even worse than that, their false data pollutes the minds of my seller clients. 

There is little to no chance to have coverage for it.I have never had a meth lab claim, but have seen many insurance carrier change their policies over the last 10 years to react to the epidemic. 99.9% of the time the damage caused by meth production is a "pollutant" and Property policies will have a Total Pollution Exclusion.

So you'll pay if you pollute the water, pay if you don't pollute the water, and pay if the government pollutes the water.

I agree with your friend to get all legal mumbo jumbo about its legality and what you must do to correct it and any known or unknown and known pollution and what you'll have to do to cure it. 

The insurance company told me it is considered a pollutant and is therefore not covered.