Industries have long challenged scientific findings that show their products can cause harm, from tobacco smoke to particulate air pollution.
The Democrat senator from New York announced the funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that former President Joe Biden signed in 2021.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the listing paves the way for congressional action and remediation funds.
New York City is among the municipal co-petitioners alongside Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, among others.
U.S. SEN. KIRSTEN Gillibrand joined colleagues in opposing the Trump admin’s proposed changes to the “Waters of the United States” rule.
LIMITS ON SOME “FOREVER CHEMICALS” in drinking water will be reconsidered, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced.
THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS, biologists, engineers, chemists, lab technicians and others will take to the streets Tuesday, March 25 at noon.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY visits Gowanus Monday to discuss air monitoring around construction at the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, in a move that environmentalists and healthcare professionals sought, banned two cancer-causing solvents.
A VIRTUAL MEETING to update the Gowanus community on the Combined Sewer Overflow retention tank project will take place Tuesday.
SCHOOLS IN THREE NYC BOROUGHS and surrounding areas are on a distribution list of those having received the BrucePac.
The Environmental Protection Agency will not be able to enforce a key rule limiting air pollution in nearly a dozen states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country, under
Drinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets likely contains “forever chemicals” that may cause cancer and other health problems, according to a government study released Wednesday. The synthetic compounds
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it’s investing $177 million to create 17 technical assistance centers around the country to help environmental justice organizations successfully apply for federal
Some 9.2 million lead pipes carry water into homes across the U.S., with more in Florida than any other state, according to a new Environmental Protection Agency survey that will
Projects to clean up 22 toxic waste sites across the country will receive $1 billion from the federal Superfund program to help clear a backlog of hazardous sites such as
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday awarded grants for projects to monitor air quality in New York and 36 other states, with a focus on minority communities and other areas overburdened
This article was originally published on Sep 6 8:10pm EDT by THE CITY Mayor Adams on Tuesday promised a “thorough report” on how his administration handled the discovery of tests
The new Inflation Reduction Act is being justly celebrated as the most significant piece of federal legislation to address the climate crisis to date. It includes about US$370 billion in
Studies have shown that the same active ingredients in sunscreens that protect people from cancer-causing ultraviolet rays can be toxic to a range of species in oceans, rivers and lakes.
The Supreme Court is hearing a case its conservative majority could use to hobble Biden administration efforts to combat climate change. The administration already is dealing with congressional refusal to
This article was originally published on Oct 26 at 8:36pm EDT by THE CITY. Federal officials are launching a civil rights investigation into fossil fuel projects in Brooklyn, where construction
In the latest development in the saga of National Grid’s North Brooklyn Pipeline, which has been protested by neighborhood residents, environmentalists and some public officials for at least three years,
Several hours before the Aug. 9 deadline to submit official comments on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the massive 82-block Gowanus Rezoning, the federal Environmental Protection Agency sent a letter
NYC Parks Acting Commissioner Margaret Nelson on Wednesday announced the beginning of construction on the Red Hook Recreation Area’s track 1, soccer fields 3-5 and ballfields 1-4. This third phase of the wider
In the latest reversal of a Trump-era policy, the Environmental Protection Agency is restoring a rule that grants states and Native American tribes authority to block pipelines and other energy
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to investigate the incident that caused a barge containing material dredged from the Gowanus Canal, as part of the continuous operations at that Superfund
The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating after a barge carrying toxic sludge from Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal Superfund site sank back into the water, officials said Wednesday. The barge carrying dredged
The Trump administration has waged what I and many other legal experts view as an all-out assault on the nation’s environmental laws for the past four years. Decisions at the
Ten years ago Wednesday, Brooklyn’s infamous and oh-so toxic waterway, the Gowanus Canal, was declared a federal Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency. Superfund designation is both a bad
A Long Island environmental consulting firm says it has the latest solution to help reduce New York City’s sewage water contamination problem. The firm, Roux, gave a presentation to the
GOWANUS — The federal agency tasked with cleaning up the Gowanus Canal issued an order on Tuesday legally requiring six companies deemed responsible for the waterway’s pollution to start remediation efforts in
The federal agency tasked with cleaning up the Gowanus Canal issued an order on Tuesday legally requiring six companies deemed responsible for the waterway’s pollution to start remediation efforts in
GOWANUS — A local activist and landowner have teamed up to provide a temporary home for objects found at the bottom of the Gowanus Canal — and as it turns out, there’s
BOROUGHWIDE — A cohort of city, state and federal agencies are putting up a new set of signs along the Gowanus Canal that state the obvious: Do not fish, crab
The federal agency tasked with overseeing the cleanup of Newtown Creek recently approved a proposal put forth by the city to limit the amount of raw sewage entering the waterway