Congressmen are urging that Newtown Creek, the polluted estuary that separates Queens and Brooklyn, should be named a federal Superfund site, a move that could hasten long-stuttering cleanup efforts.
Sun 13 Jul 2008
Filed under: Newtown Creek (NYC), Water Pollution, Environmental Protection Agency, Environment — @ 6:28 am
Thu 8 May 2008
Filed under: Marathon Oil Corp|MRO|NYSE, Chevron Corp|CVX|NYSE, Valero Energy Corporation|VLO|NYSE, Sunoco Incorporated|SUN|NYSE, California, Washington (DC), ConocoPhillips Inc|COP|NYSE, Royal Dutch/Shell Group|RDSA|NYSE, Environment, New York State, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, BP Plc|BP|NYSE, Water Pollution, Suits and Litigation — @ 8:04 am
A dozen oil companies agreed to pay $423 million in cash plus clean-up costs to settle litigation over groundwater contamination from the gasoline additive, MTBE.
Tue 29 Apr 2008
Filed under: Clean Water Act, Environmental Advocates, Water Pollution, Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State — @ 4:00 am
An environmental advocacy group claims the process of reviewing wastewater permits in New York is so flawed it has likely increased pollution in the state’s waterways.