Towns Oppose Cleanup Plan For Endangered River
1 June 2001 - 11:00am
The Hudson River, contaminated with cancer-causing pollutants, placed fourth on a recent list of the nations endangered rivers. Towns along the river oppose a plan to cleanup the river.
"The Hudson River was recently named one of America's "most endangered" rivers because of wide contamination by cancer-causing chemicals. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a cleanup plan, but many communities along the river are fighting it as unnecessary and potentially 'destructive.'"
Full Story:
Towns Fight U.S. Plan to Clean Up Hudson River
Source:
National Geographic, May 30, 2001
»
- Login or register to post comments
- Email this page
- Driving Species to Extinction - Jan 22, 2012
- Freedom Bulbs and the Political Debate on Climate Change - Jan 21, 2012
- Your Prius Won't Save You - Jan 14, 2012
- The Rental Boost From Green Design - Jan 10, 2012
- EPA Issues 'State of the Environment' Photo Challenge - Jan 09, 2012
“
It's all too easy for projects to claim that they will be successful places, and all too hard to tell ahead of time which ones actually will.
”
Planetizen picks
Contribute
- The Benefits of Creating Hybrid Zoning Codes
- The Appeal of In-Town Big Box
- The Growing Appeal of Drinking From the Toilet
- How and Why Does an Architect Become Famous?
- Could Good Design Have Prevented the Housing Crisis?
- NY Times Defends the Port Authority
- Expanding the Hong Kong Subway, One Blast at a Time
- Can An Electric Bike Replace A Car?
- The Growing Popularity of Women-Only Mass Transit
- Putting the Bloom Back on the Rose Bowl
Volunteerism Plays Critical Role in Reaching World’s Millennium Development Goals
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Feb 10, 2012
www.flickr.com
|
