Lanterns Mix Tech and Design to Alert Gowanus Locals to Flood Warnings
A group of scientists and designers have come up with a glowing device to warn residents when too much rain and contaminated water from households are likely to mix in the Gowanus Canal.
Decades After Historic Oil Spill, Newtown Creek Is Still Recovering
Newtown Creek is known among local residents and environmentalists as being one of the most polluted ecological sites in the continental U.S.
EPA Boss Retires After 13 Years Overseeing Gowanus Canal Cleanup, Met ‘Crucial Milestones’
The head of the federal scrub of the infamous Gowanus Canal retired this month after 13 years on the job in Brooklyn — passing the torch to a new face who will see the project to its completion.
EPA Says Fast-Tracked Testing Shows Clean Air at Greenpoint School Despite Meeker Avenue Plume
Federal environmental regulators found the air inside P.S. 110 in Greenpoint is clean — putting to rest the worries that students were inhaling toxic chemicals from a federal Superfund site underneath the school grounds.
Work on Long Delayed Gowanus Canal Sewage Overflow Tanks to Finally Start
On the banks of Brooklyn’s heavily polluted Gowanus Canal, Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday ceremonially broke ground on the first of two long-delayed underground sewage overflow tanks, whose delay could imperil the federal Superfund canal cleanup.
EPA Gives Updates on Testing, Risk Assessment for Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund Site
Almost a year after the federal Environmental Protection Agency dubbed the Meeker Avenue Plume a federal Superfund site, the agency is working to determine the size and impact of the site as it takes its first steps toward cleaning up.
Brooklyn Judge Dismisses Gowanus Rezoning Lawsuit, Activists File Appeal
The Kings County Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn the Gowanus Rezoning, citing a technical error with the suit and holes in the petitioners’ arguments.
Citing Hazardous Unexpected Work, Activists Sue to Stop Construction in Rezoned Gowanus
A community group has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to temporarily halt any construction related to the Gowanus rezoning after a developer took the community by surprise by driving piles on a heavily polluted brownfield site beside the Gowanus Canal Superfund site.
Unexpected Pile Driving on Site Along Gowanus Canal Leaves Officials Scrambling for Answers
A group of elected officials are raising the alarm about potentially hazardous construction on a toxic brownfield cleanup site beside the Gowanus Canal.
Gowanus Canal Cleanup ‘Inadequate’ Until City Finishes Delayed Retention Tanks, EPA Warns
A federal official has said that current and future residents of Gowanus should know that the ongoing cleanup of the Gowanus Canal is “inadequate,” and will remain that way until the city finishes construction on two behind-schedule sewage retention tanks.