Oct. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Utility giant National Grid, one of the many parties responsible for turning the Gowanus Canal into a toxic Superfund site, is claiming its fellow polluters aren’t doing their fair share to clean up the canal — and that it can no longer shoulder the cost alone. Earlier this…
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‘The Fish Queen of the Gowanus Canal’ explores love, history and waste in floating production
Aug. 28, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The Gowanus Canal has lived many lives. Most recently, the 1.8 mile canal is known for its pollution: it was named a Superfund site in 2010, thanks to the oily sheen on its surface and less-than-natural smells that sometimes rise from its waters. Before it was the subject…
‘Creatures of the Canal’ surface at first annual Gowanus Art Parade
Jun. 3, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
The Gowanus Canal is a mysterious and oft-misunderstood waterway. Its waters are heavily polluted and its bed covered in a thick coating of old industrial sludge called “Black Mayonnaise.”
Frustrated by lack of water quality data, citizen scientist Gary Francis monitors the Gowanus Canal himself
Mar. 13, 2024 By Oscar Fock
It looks like it’s raining in Gowanus. It could be — the sky is sunless and gray, and rings form on the surface of the Gowanus Canal every so often — but it isn’t.
Gowanus locals mix technology and design to cut back on flooding with the GLOwanus Lantern
Jan. 30, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro Gowanus is glowing, as a group of scientists and designers have come up with a device to warn residents of waterbody advisory alerts when too much rain and contaminated water from households mix in the Gowanus Canal. The lanterns allow neighbors to reduce their own impact by cutting…
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Facing a future shaped by climate change, Brooklyn prepares for hotter summers and more intense storms
Dec. 4, 2023 By Oscar Fock
“It was baking. Blazing hip-hop and R&B, that’s how hot it was.”
EPA honcho retires after over a decade overseeing Gowanus Canal Superfund scrub
Jun. 27, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The head of the federal scrub of the infamous Gowanus Canal retired this month after 13 years on the job in Brooklyn — passing the torch to a new face who will see the project to its completion.