by Emma Davey Green Asphalt, a Long Island City plant whose emissions have disturbed Greenpoint and Blissville, has agreed to shut down if they fall short of the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) deadline to double its stack.
“Green Asphalt is actively working on plans to double the height of its smokestack to reduce the concentration of emissions released at ground level,” City Council Member Lincoln Restler shared in a recent email to constituents.
“Upon completion…
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