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Church that hosted Al Capone's wedding, 20 other sites by Gowanus Canal test positive for dangerously unsafe air: 'Our Lady of Toxicity'
A famous church that once hosted notorious gangster Al Capone’s wedding and at least 20 other sites near Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal are in need for one hell of a...
100 blocks by toxic Gowanus Canal being tested for cancerous vapors — residents demand answers
NY is quietly investigating roughly 100 blocks in and around Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal to determine how many are contaminated with hazardous substances.
Concerns grow as builder 'desperate' for apartments at toxic site in NYC neighborhood
The former home NuHart Plastic Manufacturing on Dupont Street is being redeveloped — but residents worry the state Superfund site's new remediation plan won't do the job.
New Orleans locals living on toxic landfill in 'Cancer Alley' win $75M case
New Orleanians who call one of the city’s most polluted corners home had a rare legal victory this week.
Breaking ooze: Toxic waste dredged from Gowanus Canal goes right back in after barge sinks
A barge carrying toxic waste dredged out of Brooklyn's fetid Gowanus Canal has sunk -- delivering the muck right back into the water again, the Environmental Protection Agency revealed Tuesday.
Gowanus Canal now a no-go for boaters as EPA cleanup forges on
Row, row, row your boat... away from the Gowanus Canal. Sailors will have to steer clear of the famously fetid Brooklyn waterway starting this weekend so the feds can continue...
Feds to finally start long-due cleanup of toxic Gowanus Canal
Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal is finally getting its long-awaited makeover. The US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday issued a formal order, officially kicking off the first phase of a larger...
Lawsuit: City, MTA are no help in $20M Gowanus Canal powerhouse cleanup
Two philanthropies working to convert the old powerhouse on Brooklyn's infamously polluted Gowanus Canal into an art center say they’ve spent $20 million cleaning the site of toxins -- and...
Backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund clean-ups grows under Trump
The Trump administration has built up the biggest backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund clean-up projects in at least 15 years, nearly triple the number that were stalled for lack of...
Gowanus Canal cleanup has unearthed historic treasures — covered in toxic goo
It’s not hard to find the Gowanus Canal on a hot day in Carroll Gardens or Park Slope. Just follow your nose, and the tangy miasma of raw sewage and...
Desperate Puerto Ricans warned not to drink from toxic wells
The Environment Protection Agency had to warn desperate Puerto Ricans not to drink from wells at toxic Superfund sites. "There are reports of residents obtaining, or trying to obtain, drinking...
Irma could wreak havoc on Florida superfund sites
MIAMI — Dozens of staff from the Environmental Protection Agency are working to help secure some of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites as Hurricane Irma bears down on...
Woman plunges to her death at Superfund site
ALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP, N.J. — New Jersey police say a woman fell off a catwalk and plunged to her death at a Superfund site. MyCentralJersey.com reports authorities responded to the Crown...
'Three-eyed catfish' caught at NYC Superfund site
This fish might have 20/20/20 vision. An angler fishing from the polluted waters of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal reeled in what appears to be a three-eyed catfish. Witness Greg Hunter shot...
Newtown Creek to get $16M for Superfund cleanup
A Superfund cleanup of toxic Newtown Creek is expected to get a $16 million cash infusion after the federal government on Tuesday reached a settlement with a bankrupt oil company...
Area near Queens school, daycare designated a Superfund site
An industrial area of Queens near a school and a day care center was designated a federal Superfund site on Thursday, 60 years after a company that commonly dumped radioactive...
New Brooklyn Whole Foods is eco-friendly heaven
It won’t have the coolest — or cleanest — of next-door neighbors, but the trendy Whole Foods Market opening Tuesday in Gowanus hopes to be more environmentally hip than the...
Gowanus recovery to set sail
The Superfund cleanup of one of the nation's most polluted waterways — New York City's Gowanus Canal — will begin in about three years with dredging of the sewage and...