by Erin Conlon 
As if we didn’t have enough reasons to clean up the Superfund superstar that is Newtown Creek, a pair of dolphins were spotted in the Whale Creek Tributary, which runs alongside the Newtown Creek Nature Walk.
Unfortunately for said dolphins, the EPA has delayed the much-needed Newtown Creek cleanup — one of the most polluted waterways in the nation thanks to sewage…
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Can’t they do both, monitor the groundwater AND clean up that damned toxic, cancer causing, wildlife killing creek?!?! How long has this stupidity been going on, since the 50’s?!