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New York City Department of Environmental Protection

Common wet wipes have become "demon snowballs" in the NYC sewage system. (Photo: Sergio Calleja/Flickr)

Afternoon Bulletin: Wet Wipes are the Bane of NY Sewer’s Existence and More

By Jennifer Neufeld
Happy V-Day sweetheart!

How Would You Like to Take a Sexy Sewage Tour Around Greenpoint for Valentine’s Day?

By Drew Grant
Chris Ward.

Chris Ward Responds to Port Authority Audit and New Role as Dragados Exec

By Daniel Geiger
Assemblywoman Linda B. Rosenthal, Eric Goldstein from the Natural Resources Defense Council, former Commissioner of the NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection Albert F. Appleton, Deborah Goldberg from Earthjustice, and actor/activist Mark Ruffalo.

Mark Ruffalo Attends Tension-Filled Hydrofracking Forum on UWS

By Anna Sanders

Inside the Smelly, Beautiful Eggs of Greenpoint

By Katharine Jose

City DEP Commissioner Headed to Trinity Real Estate

By Eliot Brown

The Good News About New York City’s Water

By Steve Cohen

Pouring Money Into Bronx Filtration Plant

By Azi Paybarah
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