BROOKLYN BUREAU
City’s Pumping Air Into Polluted Newtown Creek has Critics Worried
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The aim of the aeration system is to oxygenate the creek to support aquatic life. But some advocates worry the bubbles are doing more harm than good.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Council Can Foster Clean Water, Healthy Residents With Vote on Gowanus Tank
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‘The City Council vote is the first of a series of land use decisions for the neighborhood and provides an opportunity to thoughtfully plan for the future of Gowanus.’
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Pols Tell Mayor They’re Concerned About Clean Water Moves
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While praising many aspects of the de Blasio administration’s approach to cleaning up the city’s polluted waterways, 20 City Councilmembers tell the mayor they represent ‘ groups and constituents who harbor grave concerns’ about the way those clean-ups have been planned.
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Audio: How to Stop Illicit Pipes & Illegal Dumping from Fouling NYC Waters
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The city’s 600 miles of coastline and centuries of underground infrastructure are a lot to police for the murky problems of illicit sewage connections and illegal dumping. Here’s how New Yorkers can help.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Defenders of Long Island Sound Hail its Recovery, Push for More Progress
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Think environmental policy doesn’t work? Look at Long Island Sound and think again.
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Clean Water Lawsuit: Feds’ Failure is City’s Loss
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The EPA let New York State use outdated standards in approving the city’s plans to finally deal with pollution from sewer overflows that taint rivers and bays, canals and creeks, advocates say.
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Next 100 Days: How Park Service Cuts Will Hurt NYC’s Most Neglected Beach
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When most New Yorkers hear about cuts to the National Parks Service, they think about Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon, not the wetlands around Cross Bay Boulevard on the way to the Rockaways or the beach on top of a landfill behind the tollbooths on the Marine Park Bridge.
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Photo Essay: Newtown Creek and Jamaica Bay Link City to its Waters
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This week, City Limits has examined how New York City’s water renaissance is working out in two places that represent our waterfront past and present: Newtown Creek and Jamaica Bay. Here are images from both:
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Stormwater is New Challenge to City’s Clean Water Plans
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For years, New York City has wrestled with the impact of combined sewer overflows on local rivers, creeks, canals and bays. But while raw sewage is certainly a problem, simple rainwater might pose an environmental challenge that’s harder to address.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Consequences are Coming from NYS’s Lack of Clean Water Investment
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Fifty years ago, New York voters approved the Pure Waters Bond Act, a predecessor of the Clean Water Act, which set the national goal of making all our waters safe for swimming. The question now is whether we let the last generation’s investment go to waste.