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Photo for 12/4/09: Gowanus Canal
The Gowanus Canal. The Environmental Protection Agency convened in Brooklyn on Thursday night to discuss the field work necessary to determine contamination levels in the 1.8-mile former industrial...
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Just How Bad Is It?
By Sarah Portlock The Gowanus Canal is being considered by the EPA as a potential Superfund site. (Photo courtesy of wallyg/Flickr) Three hundred concerned citizens gathered in the auditorium of P.S....
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by Matthew Huisman The Environmental Protection Agency now has the legal authority to go after The City of New York and eight other polluters who for decades contributed to contamination of the Gowanus...
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Another Step Toward a Clean Canal
A barge transports scrap metal on the Gowanus Canal. (Gillian Mohney / The Brooklyn Ink) A toxic stew has flowed through the Gowanus Canal for nearly a century, but the dream of clean water seemed a...
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