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Another Step Toward a Clean Canal

Riverkeeper to sue dirty rotten scoundrels along the canal

Riverkeeper Celebrates Enforcement Victories in Brooklyn

… Tina Posterli, 914-478-4501 x 239 Settlements received in long-standing Newtown Creek and Gowanus Canal Cases Ossining, NY – December 21, 2010 – Riverkeeper announced victories in two … Read More

Riverkeeper calls for revamp of deeply flawed study on storm surge risks in NY-NJ metro region

… of waterways that sustain the New York Harbor estuary, such as Flushing Creek, Newtown Creek and Gowanus Canal. Larger systems – such as a barrier envisioned at the entrance to Jamaica Bay – … Read More

Riverkeeper sues NYS to prevent withdrawal of regulations protecting NYC water quality

… include a portion of the Hudson River at Manhattan; Harlem, Bronx and East Rivers; Newtown Creek; Gowanus Canal; Flushing Bay; and others, many of which receive billions of gallons of raw sewage … Read More

100+ groups appeal for ‘Restore Mother Nature’ bond act

… Friends of Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center Genesee Valley Conservancy, Inc. Gowanus Canal Conservancy Grassroots Environmental Education Green Ossining HRP Green Hudson … Read More

Study: Hudson River sewage overflows are an unaccounted-for source of greenhouse gas emissions

… designed to overflow when pipes fill with stormwater. • City tributaries like Newtown Creek and Gowanus Canal that are subjected to large volumes of sewage overflow produced the greatest … Read More

Groups converge at City Hall to press for ‘fishable, swimmable’ waters in NYC

… N.Y. – Clean water advocates from across the city — from Flushing Bay to the Bronx River, the Gowanus Canal and Staten Island — converged on City Hall Wednesday urging City Council to reduce … Read More

Environmental Groups Sue over Unsafe Waters in New York City

… Brooklyn. The approved plans cover overflows to the Bronx River and Hutchinson River in the Bronx; Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn; and Flushing Bay, Flushing Creek, and Alley Creek in Queens. The … Read More

Environmental Groups to Sue EPA Over Unsafe Waters in New York City

… Brooklyn. The approved plans cover overflows to the Bronx River and Hutchinson River in the Bronx; Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn; and Flushing Bay, Flushing Creek and Alley Creek in Queens. “It is … Read More

Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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