One of our guests during our New York City patrols over the summer was The Weather Channel, reporting on the “ecological nightmare” known as the Gowanus Canal. Watch this Facebook Live video from July 1 to see Riverkeeper’s patrol boat captain, John Lipscomb, pointing out sewage overflows, bizarre rainbow sheens caused by coal tar contamination, wrecked boats, and a “bathtub ring from hell,” among other highlights.
“The job of Riverkeeper is to give voice to the water body. And if you don’t see this, you don’t think about it,” Lipscomb says. “You look at this, this is beyond disgusting.”