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The city could end up spending some $70 million on two Gowanus properties that are intended for sewage storage — roughly three times the...

A half-century after radioactive waste seeped into the soil under a Queens chemical plant, the government is planning a $39 million cleanup of the...

The real estate industry has been taking the lead on the city’s effort to reduce carbon emissions, as 10 property-management firms have vowed to...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working to reign in high radon levels and guard against gamma radiation at the former Wolff-Alport Chemical Company...

Even after the cleanup of the Gowanus Canal, the waters still won’t be safe enough for swimming or fishing. Last night, the public got...

Cleaning the polluted Gowanus Canal may cost the city even more than the estimated $467 million to $504 million, now that the federal government is...

The federal Superfund program is preparing to take on its biggest challenges in its three decades of existence: cleaning urban waterways. Most of these...

New Jersey’s massive American Dream Meadowlands mall, previously called “Xanadu,” has yet more obstacles to clear, the Bergen County Record reported. The 2.7 million-square-foot project,...

The Columbia University School of Social Work is a winner, and 230 Park Avenue is a loser in energy efficiency so far among New...

Two of the biggest Gowanus Canal polluters are real estate development sites where remediation efforts failed, according to Environmental Protection Agency officials working on...

The Environmental Protection Agency is planning a large-scale inspection of New York City schools after a city-led pilot study found elevated levels of toxic...

Robert Toll and a rendering of 205 Water Street Toll Brothers’ planned residential tower on Dumbo’s Water Street cleared the first phase of the...

The Environmental Protection Agency is on the hunt for responsible parties to pay for the $300 million to $500 million Gowanus Canal cleanup, after...

From left: A rendering of Toll Brothers’ Planned Bond Street development, the Gowanus Canal The fate of the Gowanus Canal and its controversial Superfund...