City Doesn't Give A Crap About 259K Pounds Of Poop Pumped Into The Gowanus Canal
The Environmental Protection Agency a.k.a. The Bureau of Bloodthirsty Job-Killing Werewolves released an expansive report [pdf] last month that recommends a 10-year plan to dredge and replace layers of matter kindly referred to as "sediment" in the Gowanus canal, costing close to $500 million. Per CERCLA, polluters are required to pick up Superfund bills, and as expected, gas companies and other businesses who dumped chemicals and had unprotected sex with the Gowanus Canal are doing their damndest to limit their liability. Add the City of New York to that list: the Department of Environmental Protection says the Gowanus' troubles have little to do with the tons of poop that it pumps into the canal each year. [ more › ]
City Doesn't Give A Crap About 259K Pounds Of Poop Pumped Into The Gowanus Canal
Christopher Robbins
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:47:00 GMT
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