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Proposal to OK swimming in notoriously polluted Harlem River won’t stop 2B gallons of sewage from being dumped there: activists
Bronx activists are fuming that a proposal aimed at opening up the notoriously polluted Harlem River to swimming won’t do ...
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Hudson River, Esopus Creek spill over after coastal storms
Hudson River water levels in Troy reached 21.5 feet — a low flood stage — shortly after 5 a.m. on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service in Albany. Advertisement Esopus Creek ...
2,000 gallons of diesel spill into Baltimore harbor
Officials are using oil absorbent materials and skimmers to rid the Patapsco River of the diesel, which is anticipated to continue into Thursday night.
In a world without people, how fast would NYC fall apart? Here’s the timeline.
We talked to architects and urban ecologists to map out a potential timeline. With no one to maintain the power grid, the Big ...
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation holds annual Great Strides Walk
CBS News New York's John Elliott was at Hudson River Park on Wednesday, where the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Great Strides Walk got underway.
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Harlem River Status Change Could Stall Cleanup Efforts, Environmentalists Warn
The state proposes giving the Harlem River a new classification that would exempt the city from meeting bacterial water ...