Posts Tagged ‘Gowanus Canal’

Important Activist Telebriefing on the Gowanus Canal Cleanup – Session 2

Now is the time for you and your community to make your voices heard! What: We are hosting a 30 minute telebriefing for our Volunteers and Ambassadors so you can learn the details of the EPA’s plan.… Read More

Public Meeting on Gowanus Canal Cleanup Plan- Carroll Gardens

The EPA recently released its proposed plan to clean up the Gowanus Canal Superfund site and will hold public meetings on January 23, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at Public School 58 (the Carroll School), 330 Sm… Read More

Riverkeeper commends inclusion of CSOs in Gowanus cleanup plan

Riverkeeper Commends EPA’s Inclusion of CSOs in Gowanus Cleanup Plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, [email protected], 914-478-4501 x239 OSSINING, NY – December 28, 2012 – Riverkeeper supports the EPA’s proposed plan to clean up the Gowanus… Read More

Public Meeting on Gowanus Canal Clean-up

The public is invited to attend a meeting of the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) with senior-level officials from the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) on Decembe… Read More

VIDEO: Democracy Now! and Riverkeeper Tour NYC Waterfront After Superstorm Sandy, Sewage Leaks

Up Shits Creek: Sandy Is A Toxic Shit Storm For Greenpoint, Too (Caution: Standing Water Is Unsafe)

Hurricane Sandy Spills Sewage, Triggers Toxic Troubles

Simple Answers to Common Questions about the Gowanus Canal Cleanup

It took nearly 150 years of neglect for the Gowanus Canal to earn the distinction as one of the nation’s most extensively polluted waterways. It will take years of complicated effort to clean it… Read More

Sewage Pollution Still Fouling Waterways As Clean Water Act Turns 40