This week is a week of extremes for our region, and for us on Newtown Creek. While the G train tunnel under the creek remains flooded and impassable for commuters and residents, this weekend, 50,000 participants in the ING New York City Marathon will tromp over the Pulaski Bridge from Greenpoint to Long island City [...]

We can come up with a better way to spend $115M, don’t you think? “It’s a very narrow solution to a very big problem that’s just addressing current standards for dissolved oxygen,” said Phil Musegaas, lead investigator of Riverkeeper, an environmental watchdog group that wrote a scathing letter to the city earlier this month. “It’s [...]

On Monday, April 9th at 10am,  environmental justice groups, environmental organizations, community leaders and elected officials from Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan will rally to oppose the Bloomberg administration’s plan for thermal “Waste-to-Energy” facilities (a.k.a. incinerators). Two of the proposed sites for this facility are on the shores of Newtown Creek, and our communities host 40% [...]

In March 2012, Jan Mun became the first Artist in Residence for Newtown Creek Alliance, where she will be using art and science to ignite the imagination and rethink our waterways. She will be working with Newtown Creek Alliance to connect with other local organizations to collaborate and work towards our shared goals. The first [...]

From Rosa at GFF: The Greenpoint Film Festival was a great success last year.   Now on its second year it has expanded and is open to submissions.  Our “expanded” Environmental section is particularly interested in films, video, and footage in general which speaks directly or indirectly to the current environmental issues of our time, and/or this [...]

When: Monday April 4th & Tuesday April 12th, 6:30pm – 8:00pm Where: Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Visitor Center, 329 Greenpoint Ave., Entrance at Greenpoint Ave. and Humboldt St. Potential applicants to the NYCEF Newtown Creek Fund are invited to participate in one of two informational workshops where they can learn more about applicant qualifications, [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will use the resources, oversight, and enforcement power of the Federal Superfund Program to clean Newtown Creek in a comprehensive and coordinated manner – complementing efforts initiated by the Newtown Creek Alliance.  NCA supports the EPA Superfund cleanup and expects that throughout the planning and remediation process [...]

Thanks to Bernard Ente, Mai Armstrong, Mitch Waxman and Michael Heimbinder for helping build the new Newtown Creek Alliance website. Have a look around and let us know what you think.