In the meantime, the microbes of the Gowanus Canal live on in Hénaff’s work, even as they are dredged-and-capped away in the canal.
New York’s Appellate Division ordered a new trial in a decades-long dispute over cleanup costs for three contaminated Gowanus Canal sites.
THE CITY HAS wrapped up a major step in building an underground tank to reduce sewage pollution in the Gowanus Canal well ahead of schedule.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY visits Gowanus Monday to discuss air monitoring around construction at the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site.
Politics are more divided than ever and that means that everything, even whether or not you believe in climate change, is politicized.
SCHOOLS IN THREE NYC BOROUGHS and surrounding areas are on a distribution list of those having received the BrucePac.
GOWANUS — THE GOWANUS CANAL CONSERVANCY ON FRIDAY announced that it was selected to receive the American Society of Landscape Architects’ Olmsted Medal, which is
GOWANUS — I’ll never forget the first time I saw humans on the Gowanus Canal. It was summer in early August, and I was standing on the Third Street Bridge.
GOWANUS — I’ll never forget the first time I saw humans on the Gowanus Canal. It was summer in early August, and I was standing on the Third Street Bridge. As
Brooklyn officials and community activists are praising the long-awaited start of the EPA’s dredging project of the Gowanus Canal — a Superfund site and one of the most polluted bodies
Salvatore “Buddy” Scotto, a native of Carroll Gardens who became a beloved funeral director and community leader, died peacefully early Friday morning, September 11, 2020. He was 91. Mr. Scotto’s
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
What’s the item most often found in the toxic waterway?
One of the main parties responsible for the Gowanus Canal’s pollution is building a massive soundproof wall outside a neighborhood movie studio to reduce noise related to the waterway’s cleanup.
The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a competing plan put forth by the city to keep untreated sewage from entering the toxic Gowanus Canal. In a letter obtained by the
The federal agency tasked with overseeing the remediation of the Gowanus Canal told residents on Tuesday that it would fight to ensure that the city’s rezoning plan would not compromise
The polluted 1.8-mile Gowanus Canal has been subjected to decades of sewage contamination and industrial pollution, and while it’s nowhere near clean, the city is pushing forward with a plan
A Brooklyn congressmember whose district includes three federal Superfund sites is calling for an increase of more than $300 million to fund the cleanup of the nation’s most toxic locations.
Gowanus residents allege that two city agencies tasked with overseeing the neighborhood’s rezoning and canal cleanup are unprepared and have left them in the dark. Tensions boiled over on Tuesday
The price of two sewage retention tanks built for the Gowanus Canal has ballooned from a projected $78 million to $1.2 billion — more than 15 times the initial figure
The Environmental Protection Agency is casting doubt on a competing plan put forth by the city to keep untreated sewage from entering the toxic Gowanus Canal. While federal employees were
Pieces of the Gowanus Station Building will be dismantled and reassembled at a new sewage facility, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday. Over the past couple years, community
It’s the final countdown. The Environmental Protection Agency began the last phase of its dredging and capping pilot project on Monday, the third and final study before the actual cleanup
Few residents will argue that the Superfund cleanup of the Gowanus Canal is a botched project. The 1.8-mile polluted waterway is certainly in need of some help. That much is
When one thinks of the Gowanus Canal, images of pollution, trash and the notorious black mayonnaise come to mind. For many years, the tone surrounding America’s dirtiest waterway was one
The Gowanus Canal’s cleanup fund is on the verge of running out and President Donald Trump is not coming to the rescue. Despite recent reports that the cleanup would move
On Thursday the Public Service Commission approved a hefty rate hike for National Grid that will increase gas bills for customers in Brooklyn, Staten Island and part of Queens by
The state Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is inviting the public to comment on a proposed plan to investigate contamination at a site in Gowanus. Dubbed the President Street Properties
For more than a century, the Union Street Bridge has afforded Brooklynites a safe and dry passage over the heinous waters of the Gowanus Canal. As the bridge’s vehicle and
The cleanup of the notorious Gowanus Canal—referred to by some as arguably the dirtiest waterway in America — is on the verge of yet another delay. The saga between the
ALBANY— New York conservation officials are inviting public comments on proposed plans to continue cleaning up contamination along the Gowanus Canal. State officials say the former Fulton Municipal Works manufactured
ROD stands for “record of decision” and is one of a slew of initials and acronyms that those following the progress of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund designation and investigation
Plans to capture rainwater will soon be carried out alongside the Gowanus Canal. The plans for Sponge Park™ — whose purpose is to capture and store storm water before it
The EPA on Friday announced a proposed cleanup plan for the Gowanus Canal – and it’s slated to cost between $467 and $504 million. The plan’s main component, as has
On Monday at 6:30 p.m. at P.S. 58, 330 Smith St., the Gowanus Canal Community Development Corp. is hosting a public information meeting to alert area residents of impending health