About This Item

  • Call NumberGEHP_0092
  • SummaryStory of Greenpoint oil spill and Riverkeeper's fight to get it cleaned up with pictures.
  • Date2011-03-01
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, PDF
  • CreatorRiverkeeper
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formattext
  • Genrejournals (periodicals)
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Original document digitized on November 29, 2018, as a PDF. Donated for capture by Willis Elkins through the Greenpoint Environmental History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectExxon Mobil Corporation ; Oil spills ; Oil spills--Cleanup ; Newtown Creek (Kings County-New York County, N.Y.) ; Oil spills--Environmental aspects ; Oil Spills--Management ; Petroleum refineries ; Cuomo, Andrew Mark, 1957- ; Water--Pollution
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleCommunities Rising: Taking Back Our Waterways-Victory in Greenpoint