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… highly successful sewage watchdog action was this video documenting raw sewage flowing into the Gowanus Canal during a heavy rain. This graphic video has been viewed more than 40,000 times … Read More

… allows for one Riverkeeper boat patrol from Ossining to NY Harbor, including Newton Creek and the Gowanus Canal. DON’T FORGET! Each donation through the Jack Johnson Matching Gift Campaign is … Read More

… Observatory scientist Greg O’Mullan. The film highlighted Riverkeeper’s work on the Gowanus Canal and can be viewed below. And you can continue to support Riverkeeper by stopping by … Read More

… & Staff Attorney Josh Verleun are filmed aboard the Riverkeeper boat during a patrol of the Gowanus Canal. Whole Foods screening of the film TAPPED: Whole Foods Market is sponsoring a film … Read More

… stated John Lipscomb, Riverkeeper Patrol Boat Operator. “ A few years ago, we saw a whale in the Gowanus Canal. Sadly and typically, when these mammals come into urban inland waterways, it’s … Read More

… York City to Catskill 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 … Read More

The water in the inner reaches of urban waterways like Newtown Creek and Gowanus Canal is polluted beyond comprehension. Yes, the white stuff in the foreground is water. … Read More

… aging infrastructure to eliminate combined sewage overflows; the dredging of PCBs; declaring the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek as Superfund sites; the reduction of power plant and development … Read More

… toxic wastelands. This year, GE began dredging PCBs from the Hudson River, while in Brooklyn the Gowanus Canal was proposed for the Federal Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) and the … Read More