by Emma Davey A long-awaited project intended to mitigate the effects of climate change is now offline, despite only starting up in June.
The project, a joint effort from National Grid and the city’s Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Sanitation, uses the methane from organic waste processed at Greenpoint’s Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant into natural gas used for heating.
However, Gothamistnow reports that the project is not working as intended. Instead, the gas is…
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If they want methane then maybe they should collect all the dog crap everywhere.
Is there an update on this? Is the plant back up and running?