Earlier this week, the Federal Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would do some testing at sites along Newtown Creek that could lead to Superfund status for some cleanups. The agency would have to find high enough levels of contaminants to make the determination. Habitat Map has created a simple map that shows the three […]

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There was a lot of irony and disagreement this weekend about the role that Exxon (and Forest City Ratner) played as sponsors of the Go Green Greenpoint Earth Day event in McCarren Park. Exxon is responsible for the monstrous oil spill under Greenpoint along Newtown Creek, less than one-third of which has been cleaned up […]

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Yesterday’s protest against Exxon Mobil’s role in helping to sponsor the Earth Day event in McCarren Park, was quite visually interesting and attended by some media and the police. Here are a few photos posted to flickr by amc_. The company’s role was controversial, of course, given the huge spill of oil under Greenpoint that […]

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We woke up this morning to an email from a group called The Change You Want to See, that was widely distributed by the New York Action Network point out that today’s Go Green! Greenpoint Earth Day festivities in McCarren Park have a number of interesting corporate sponsors. We’ll start with the most ironic of […]

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The EPA has finally confirmed what environmentalists have said all along: the Exxon-Mobil oil spill sloshing around under Greenpoint is significantly larger than the originally estimated 17 million gallons. It could, in fact, be as large as 30 million gallons. The EPA also reported the results of testing, including the fact that methane gas is […]

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No one will ever accuse New York State of acting precipitously in going after Exxon Mobil for the awful oil spill into Newtown Creek and under Greenpoint. A lawsuit to force a faster cleanup and to impose fines was finally filed yesterday. The spill is one of the worst ever in the United States, an […]

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Only a handful of people turned up for the three meetings held yesterday at the Newtown Creek Sewage Treatment Plant on the big, underground Exxon-Mobil spill in Greenpoint. That could be because the Department of Environmental Conservation did little to publicize the events or because they were held at the off-putting sewage treatment facility, which […]

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Here’s your chance to question officials from the Department of Environmental Conservation about the massive Exxon/Mobil Oil Spill in Newtown Creek and Greenpoint. (17-30 million gallons depending on the estimate you accept.) It takes place today (June 19) at the the Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant (329 Greenpoint Ave at Humboldt Street), which is […]

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One of the truisms of life in Brooklyn is that every few months, one can look forward to another long and detailed story about the large and nasty Exxon/Mobil Oil Spill in Greenpoint. So it is with the new New York Magazine, which contains a long, detailed and engaging story about North Brooklyn’s 17-30 million […]

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In case you thought you missed it, or in case you didn’t know about it, the WNET 13 New York Voices show on the nasty Exxon Oil Spill in Greenpoint was postponed from Friday May 4 until Friday May 11. It will air at 10PM. Here’s some of the promo copy: For over 50 years, […]

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Any coverage of the awful Exxon-Mobil Greenpoint Oil Spill is to be applauded, and so we were interested to get an email from WNET announcing a definite Tivo moment: an episode of New York Voices on the Greenpoint Oil Spill this Friday, May 4 at 10 PM. The email about the show says: For over […]

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Here’s Episode Seven of the superb vbs.tv series Toxic Brooklyn. If you haven’t seen it already, click on the embed. Find all the episodes by clicking over here.

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The excellent vbs.tv series called “Toxic Brooklyn” on the environmental issues in Greenpoint and Williamsburg continues with a focus on the horrendous Exxon-Mobil Greenpoint Oil Spill, the impact on the health of residents and the virtual acceptance of the situation by local, state and federal government over many decades. Episode 6 is below. You can […]

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