In 2018, NCA, Riverkeeper and Perkins+Will launched the Newtown Creek Vision plan, a 150 page report chronicling priority issues and 85 proposed projects to address Remediation, Restoration, Recreation and Resilience. The report builds upon decades of planning and visioning efforts by numerous community members and organizations; framing ideas in the wake of upcoming Superfund remediation and Clean Water improvements. Read the full plan here.
Explore these interactive educational resources on ArcGIS StoryMaps to learn more about the Creek's ecosystem and NCA’s efforts in environmental remediation, restoration, and revitalization. We have units available on the history and geography of the Creek, regional flora and fauna, Newtown Creek's soil and water health, and the impact of climate change on NYC's coastal communities. Click "read more" to view them all.
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 […]
The City has issued an RFP for a pilot “waste-to-energy” facility. Thermal waste-to-energy (WTE) is the cousin of incineration, part pf a broader group of “thermal conversion” technologies such as gasification, pyrolysis, and plasma incinerators that use heat to convert municipal solid waste into a synthetic gas, and then burn it to generate energy. The City’s Phase 3 […]
From Sydney Brownstone at L Magazine: “There’s lots of enterococcus in the audience tonight,” Tracy Brown, an advocate at Riverkeeper, a local water quality watchdog, joked to a crowd of roughly 60-70 people who had filed onto benches at the Brooklyn Brewery Monday night. She was referring to the gut bacteria that scientists use as a […]
When Mayor Bloomberg stated through 2007 PlaNYC that his administration intended to “open 90% of our waterways to recreation by preserving natural areas and reducing pollution”, people took notice. We take notice because recreational use of a waterbody requires meeting more rigorous water quality standards. So an alternative reading of this statement might be, “we […]
