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… of New York as well as members of the EPA’s Region 2 Criminal Enforcement Unit for a tour of Newtown Creek and the East River.  Our focus was discussing cases throughout the Hudson Valley … Read More

Since 2002, Riverkeeper has been engaged in pollution enforcement and litigation on Newtown Creek, most notably against ExxonMobil, to ensure that it is once again clean waterway. … Read More

… unacceptable counts 50%, or more, of the times we sampled: Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn – 50%; Newtown Creek, Metropolitan Ave. Bridge, Brooklyn – 53%; Sparkill Creek, Sparkill – … Read More

… Cement and Lehigh Northeast Cement Company and the historic ExxonMobil case and settlement on Newtown Creek. In 2006, with scientists from Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth … Read More

… Unit, and the DEC aimed at coordinating surveillance and enforcement efforts on the Gowanus Canal, Newtown Creek, and other New York City waterways. Read More

… facilities nationwide. After major advocacy campaigns by Riverkeeper and Brooklyn groups, Newtown Creek and the Gowanus Canal are listed by the EPA as “national priority” superfund … Read More

… businesses and a residential section of Greenpoint. The contamination has also been leaching into Newtown Creek for decades. Riverkeeper discovered the oil spill during a boat patrol of Newtown … Read More

… businesses and a residential section of Greenpoint. The contamination has also been leaching into Newtown Creek for decades. The agreement – or “Consent Decree” – being announced today was … Read More

Newtown Creek, the site of a massive oil spill, is one of the most polluted waterways in the United … Read More