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 — but residents say the plan falls short. The Long-Term Control Plan — which calls for building a massive tunnel underneath the federal Superfund site to collect waste — would
Subscribe to Brooklyn this Week: iTunes Spotify Stitcher In honor of Climate Week and 20 years of Superfund redevelopment, we’re looking into how the two
“If something bad does happen … the agencies will have blood on their hands.”
Subscribe to Brooklyn this Week: iTunes Spotify Stitcher CSO is the product of a centuries-old sewage system and the thought process of urban planners who
Three properties along Newtown Creek are actively discharging oil into the waterway, further polluting the already toxic federal Superfund site and possibly undoing years of
From Brooklyn to the Adirondacks, thousands of volunteers set out along the shores of the Hudson River and its tributaries on Saturday to pick up
A greener Greenpoint is on its way, thanks to the creative vision of Greenpointers and the first round of grant funding being approved through the