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Cleaning Our Waterways

Local historian petitions to save the trash from planned Dead Horse Bay cleanup

By Jessica Parks

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Gowanus Canal Superfund Cleanup barge sinks

By Kevin Duggan

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Environmentalist blasts alleged ‘falsehoods’ in official Coney Island ferry document

By Rose Adams

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Coney Island Creek inches closer to Superfund designation

By Rose Adams

Rendering of affordable housing complex Gowanus Green

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City confirms Gowanus Green project will be fully below-market rate housing

By Kevin Duggan

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Gowanus

The Gowanus Canal cleanup: What to expect

By Kevin Duggan

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Gowanus canoers celebrate start of Superfund dredging

By Kevin Duggan

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Feds officially launch Gowanus Canal Superfund dredging

By Kevin Duggan

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Gowanus

Delay denied: Feds reject city extension request for Gowanus tanks, citing $62m in added costs

By Kevin Duggan

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Gowanus

Pols demand more details on city’s delay requests for crucial Gowanus stormwater tanks

By Kevin Duggan

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Feds could make city pay for more wastewater infrastructure due to Gowanus rezoning

By Kevin Duggan

Tune in! Make Music Day returns to Brooklyn on Friday

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Sail away: Feds to ban boating on Gowanus Canal to make way for Superfund Cleanup

By Kevin Duggan

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Council candidate Steven Patzer to scuba dive in Coney Island Creek

By Rose Adams

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Gowanus Canal dredging to start mid-November: EPA

By Kevin Duggan

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Gowanus

Upper Gowanus CSO tank and head house won’t be built until 2032: City

By Kevin Duggan

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Greenpoint

Interactive online map shows historic pollution in north Brooklyn

By Kevin Duggan

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Dead Horse Bay closed because of radioactive contamination

By Rose Adams

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Coney Island leaders warn against building ferry terminal in contaminated creek

By Rose Adams

A rendering of a water treatment plant called Head End

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City eyes another delay of Gowanus Canal cleanup, citing COVID revenue drop

By Kevin Duggan

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Gowanus

City must reuse old bricks to build Butler Street head house: EPA

By Kevin Duggan

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