Andrew Springer
City may sell excess methane from Newtown Creek plant
The city may start selling off excess methane gas from the Newtown Creek Waste Water treatment plant to provide energy for nearby homes, the Daily News reported this morning.
The night the lights went out in New York
Forty-three years ago today, New York plunged in to an all-night blackout, leaving thousands stranded in subway tunnels and elevators said an article today in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
City wants promises from EPA before it tears down sludge tank on East River
The city wants to trade a sludge tank on the East River for green space and affordable housing, but before they do, they want the federal government to promise they will not get in the way of the project in a bureaucratic game of tug-of-war.
Slideshow: DEP’s East River Sludge Tank
Photos of and around the sludge tank the city will not tear down until it gets promises from the federal government that it will not get involved.
Kosciuszko Bridge to be replaced
Plans to replace Kosciuszko Bridge, which connects Greenpoint and Queens via the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, will go forward despite budget cutbacks, The Daily News reported this morning.
Ombudsman Notice
Ombuds note: Unfortunately, due to an unforeseen illness, Greenpoint Green’s reporter will not be at tonight’s EPA meeting.
EPA talks at meeting with creek Monitoring Committee
Previewing tonight’s meeting with the Newtown Creek Alliance, representatives from the EPA said Tuesday night at a public meeting with the Newtown Creek Monitoring Committee that Superfund clean up of the creek may take nearly 20 years. Full story from the Gazette.
Meeting with EPA, Alliance scheduled for tonight on status of Newtown Creek
The Newtown Creek Alliance will host the second of two meetings this week on the Superfund status of Newtown Creek with representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency tomorrow night at 6:45 p.m. at St. Cecilia’s Church.
NAG hosting first “Beers at the Office”
Neighbors Allied for Good Growth is inviting people to come out for beers and learn more about their organization on Tuesday, Nov. 10 from 7-9 p.m. at their offices on Kent Avenue
Bloomberg wins third term, but Thompson wins Greenpoint
Mayor Michael Bloomberg squeaked by to a third term last night, with Greenpoint going for Democratic challenger Bill Thompson. Thompson won 49 percent of the vote, beating Bloomberg by 4 percentage points in the 50th District, which encompasses most of Greenpoint, unofficial results from the New York Times shows.
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