By Fits and Starts, an Arduous Clean-Up
It took local crises and lonely voices to jump-start environmental action in the United States. But today the challenge is vastly more complex than sludge in the water or soot in the sky.
View ArticleIn Real Time, the Molecules of the Hudson
A new environmental monitoring station will track changes in the physical, chemical and biological composition of the Hudson River.
View ArticleRay of Hope for a Soiled Canal
One of New York City's most polluted waterways has become a bit less off-putting.
View ArticleNew York Tackles ‘Brownfields’ Cleanup
The brownfields program, which offers financial incentives to developers to offset some of the costs of cleaning up properties, will put an end to "self-directed cleanups" managed by the developers...
View ArticleSewage Overflow in New York? Believe It
A video captures a sheet of sewage coating the Gowanus Canal, underlining the big problem that New York City hopes to address through a green infrastructure plan.
View ArticleThe Battle of Newtown Creek
Defending Queens, officials assert in a letter to the E.P.A. that the agency has primarily focused on the Brooklyn side of Newtown Creek in studies and sampling for a Superfund cleanup.
View ArticleCould Prizes Emerge From the Gowanus Muck?
As they clean up debris from the once-teeming waterway before the real Superfund cleanup begins in earnest, federal officials plan to preserve anything they find that seems historically significant.
View ArticleFish Bones to the Rescue
Community leaders in Oakland, Calif., have started to reduce lead contamination in backyards by roto-tilling the soil with a paste of fishbone meal.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Superfund Cleanups in N.Y.
Corporations had argued that state regulations require them only to address significant environmental threats, not do a complete cleanup.
View ArticleCleaning a River That Was Given Up for Dead
Acknowledging the extent of the contamination is just the first challenge in tackling a project as big as detoxifying a river, especially one that was as abused as the Passaic.
View ArticleWhat’s Bubbling Up From Newtown Creek?
Researchers warn that the city's aeration process could pose risks for air quality.
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