[CPEO-BIF] Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York oil spill fund

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Variety of Projects Vying for Grants From $19.5 Million Oil Spill Fund

By KIA GREGORY
New York Times
March 4, 2014

For decades, oil seeped from the refineries that once occupied parts  
of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and pooled under nearby homes and  
businesses, into a plume roughly the expanse of 50 football fields.

The total oil spill, estimated at 17 million to 30 million gallons,  
remains one of the largest in United States history, a distinction  
the neighborhood is not exactly proud of. But it is about to start  
receiving its consolation payments. The first grants from a $19.5  
million fund, part of a settlement between ExxonMobil and the state,  
are about to be announced.

The aim of the fund is to make lasting environmental improvements in  
Greenpoint and address current environmental concerns.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/04/nyregion/19-5-million-to-be-awarded- 
for-environmental-projects-in-brooklyn.html

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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

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