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… from ExxonMobil and other oil companies’ facilities beneath Greenpoint, Brooklyn and into Newtown Creek which feeds into New York Harbor. 2005 The Albany Steam Generating Station, … Read More

… in the mid-Hudson Valley. In Brooklyn, Riverkeeper’s team hovered over the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek, two of the most highly contaminated waterways in the country. The legacy of … Read More

… (DEC) aimed at coordinating surveillance and enforcement efforts on the Gowanus Canal, Newtown Creek, and other New York City waterways. This is part of a larger law enforcement effort … Read More

… (DEC) aimed at coordinating surveillance and enforcement efforts on the Gowanus Canal, Newtown Creek, and other New York City waterways. “The Gowanus Canal apparently exists in an … Read More

… restoring its natural abundance. Riverkeeper leads the battle to rescue Newtown Creek, a near-dead waterway on the border between Brooklyn and Queens. Contaminated by a … Read More

… with excess flow directed – untreated – into the Harbor. The rezoning areas falls within the Newtown Creek Sewage Treatment Plant’s district – already one of the most overburdened … Read More

… As little as one-tenth of an inch of rain can overload the system and cause sewage overflows. The Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant (NCWPCP), which would handle the sewage from the … Read More

… eight years later, the spill was “rediscovered” when the Coast Guard spotted an oil slick on Newtown Creek during a routine patrol. On September 29, 1978, the pilot found black fuel oil … Read More

… remediation system is operational but its effectiveness is marginal. A containment boom sits on Newtown Creek to prevent the oil that continued to seep into the Creek from dispersing throughout … Read More