From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:25:40 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Gowanus Canal study, Brooklyn, New York |
House Approves Funds For Gowanus Study Brooklyn Daily Eagle July 18, 2009GOWANUS i On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved $300,000 in federal resources for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study currently underway at the Gowanus Canal and Bay. The funding will be used to continue the environmental evaluation and identify the best approach for restoring the canal ecosystem. Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez (D-Brooklyn) worked to include this project in the FY 2010 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. She applauded the allocation of funds as the next step toward completing this important study. ... For the entire article, see http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=29601 -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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