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The Newtown Creek oil spill (courtesy of ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco, and others) has been oozing under Greenpoint for fifty years. It's destroyed the local aquifer, has settled under more than 100 homes on three residential blocks and contaminated Newtown Creek, and threatens aquatic life. And little has been done to clean it up. Here to talk about the disaster are Riverkeeper's director, Alex Matthiessen, City Councilman David Yassky, and Dr. Stanley "Jeep" Rice, program manager and researcher at the Auke Bay Laboratory for Exxon Valdez studies at the National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, in Juneau, Alaska.

» Read more about what Riverkeeper's doing
» Read about the Newtown Creek Pollution Enforcement Initiative

Music: “Malign” and “Holding Ponds” from the soundtrack to “Erin Brockovich,” music by Thomas Newman and performed by Sheryl Crow