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	RESIDENTS of GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN v. EXXON, BP, and CHEVRON See below for updates on new litigation to protect residents of Brooklyn neighborhood from a 17 to 30 MILLION GALLON OIL SPILL polluting nearby Newtown Creek and endangering their health and homes. For more information send an email to information@greenpointvexxon.com or call (917) 991-7593. PLEASE NOTE EMAIL CHANGE

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Calendar

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Press Releases

OURS

"Greenpoint Residents Cheer AG’s Pursuit of Exxon in Oil Spill Case" [PDF]
(June 22, 2006)

"Plaintiffs Cheer Hevesi’s Call to Suspend ExxonMobil Negotiations until Full Extent
of Greenpoint Oil Spill Is Known; Upcoming Greenpoint Meeting Announced" [PDF]
(May 9, 2006)

"Girardi, Brockovich Spur on Greenpoint Residents in Fight against Oil Companies" [PDF]
(December 13, 2005)

"Brooklyn Neighborhood Oil Spill Ignites Lawsuit" [PDF]
(October 20, 2005)

If you are a media or neighborhood organization that would like to receive
press releases concerning the Greenpoint Oil Spill Lawsuit,
please contact information@greenpointvexxon.com or call (917) 991-7593.

OTHER PUBLIC FIGURES AND ORGANIZATIONS

"Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to Sue ExxonMobil in Landmark Case to Clean Up Catastrophic Greenpoint Oil Spill and Newtown Creek Contamination"
Office of the New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo

(February 8, 2007) "Schumer Announces New EPA Study Of Contaminated Newtown Creek; Calls For Creation Of Local Heath Registry; Testing For Toxic Oil Vapors"
Office of U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, New York
(October 16, 2006)

Swim For the River Documentary
Moira Productions

"Congress Authorizes EPA Study of ExxonMobil Greenpoint Spill"
Riverkeeper, Inc.
(June 28, 2006)

"Congress Authorizes Study of Nation’s Largest Oil Spill"
Office of U.S. Representative Anthony D. Weiner, 9th District (Brooklyn & Queens)

"Spitzer to Prosecute ExxonMobil for Greenpoint Oil Spill"
Riverkeeper, Inc.
(June 22, 2006)

"DEC Seeks Legal Action to Require Exxon Mobil to Clean Up
Petroleum Contamination in Greenpoint Area of Brooklyn:
Attorney General to Enforce Violations Against Polluters For
Damages to Greenpoint and Newtown Creek Due to Oil Spills"
News from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(June 21, 2006)

"No Cleanup Deal for Exxonmobil Until Size of Greenpoint Oil Spill is Known;
Oil Spill Fund Will Pay for Studies"
Office of New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi

(May 8, 2006) "Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol Helps Make Oil Spill Vapor Testing in Homes a Reality"
Office of Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol, 50th Assembly District
(March 23, 2006)

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News Coverage

"ExxonMobil Boasts of Progress in Oil Cleanup"
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(June 25, 2008)

"House Acts to Expand Study on Newtown Creek Oil Spill"
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(May 6, 2008)

"Brooklyn Spill Dwarfs the Exxon 'Valdez' Disaster"
NPR
(March24, 2008)

"Pressure Grows to Clean Up Brooklyn Oil Spill"
NPR
(October 14, 2007)

"Breathless in Brooklyn: Oil Spills in Our Backyard"
Mother Jones
(September/October 2007)

"The Big Spill"
The New York Times
(September 30, 2007)

"Erin Brockovich Hits ExxonMobil Over Oil Spill"
NY Daily News
(September 19, 2007)

"The Brooklyn Oil Spill: A Timeline"
Mother Jones
(September 14, 2007)

"Brooklyn: EPA Report on Newtown Creek"
New York Times
(September 13, 2007)

"Slickening Feeling, Newtown Oil Spill Worse Than Expected"
New York Post
(September 13, 2007)

"EPA Report Not Enough, Representatives Say"
The Sun
(September 12, 2007)

"Suit Seeks Belated Cleanup of 57-Year-Old Oil Spill"
New York Times
(July 18, 2007)

"Exxon Restarts Oil Cleanup System in Brooklyn"
Daily News
(June 28, 2007)

"Newtown Creek Still Slicked"
Queens Ledger
(June 7, 2007)

Fact Finders Environmental Disaster
New York's The CW 11 Fact Finders

"Greenpoint v ExxonMobile"
New York Voices

The Ooze
"Ten million gallons of toxic gunk trapped in the Brooklyn
aquifer is starting to creep toward the surface.
How scary is that?"
New York Magazine
(May 10, 2007)

"New York Agencies Take Lead in Addressing Soil Vapor Concerns"
Paul Hastings Stay Current
(May 2007)

"Newtown Creek: A Very Dirty Story "
Times Ledger
(May 10, 2007)

"Exxon Slows Creek Cleanup"
Times Ledger
(March 15, 2007)

"Slow Process Just Got a Bit Slower"
Queens Ledger
(March 15, 2007)

"Riverkeeper Hails AG Cuomo's Action on Greenpoint Oil Spill "
CommonDreams.org
(February 8, 2007)

New York Attorney General to Sue Exxon
"State Notifies Exxon of Intent to Sue Over Brooklyn Oil Spill" International Harold Tribune - Americas
"Cuomo to Sue Exxon Over Pollution in Brooklyn" New York Times
"Exxon Mobil to be Sued by NY State AG Over Spill" KPLC-TV, Lake Charles, LA
"New York Attorney General To Sue Exxon Over Pollution In Brooklyn" Free Internet Press
"New York State to Sue Exxon Mobil Over Spill" Reuters
"Cuomo sues ExxonMobil, Others Over Oil Spill" Crain's New York Business
(February 8, 2007)

"Weiner Wants Congress Hearings Into Newtown Creek Oil Spill"
The Queens Gazette
(January 31, 2007)

"A Hostage Who Stayed a Few Steps Ahead"
New York Times
(January 24, 2007)

"Black Mayonnaise"
Scienceline
(January 24, 2007)

"Cuomo to Sue Exxon Over Pollution in Brooklyn "
New York Times
(January 8, 2007)

"Exxon Mobil's biggest oil spill is in Brooklyn, not Alaska"
International Herald Tribune
(January 4, 2007)

"MetroWaters: Newtown Creek"
Waterwire.net News
(December 11, 2006)

"The Smelling Committee"
Glowlab
(September-October 2006)

"Newtown Creek Catches Feds’ Eye"
Queens Tribune
(October 20, 2006)

"Crude Study"
Queens Ledger
(October 19, 2006)

"EPA To Recommend Action On Newtown Creek Cleanup"
New York Sun
(October 17, 2006)

"Congress Members Seek Action on Newtown Creek"
New York Times
(October 17, 2006)

"A Clean Start, In More Ways Than One"
Queens Ledger
(October 5, 2006)

"Testing for Explosive Vapors in Greenpoint"
Gothamist
(September 20)

"Spill Study Put to a Vote"
Queens Ledger
(July 6, 2006)

"DEC to Exxon: 'Oil' See You in Court"
Queens Ledger
(June 29, 2006)

"Spitzer's Office Takes On Oil Cleanup Case"
New York Times
(June 23, 2006)

"State Plans to Sue Exxon Over Underground Oil Spill in Brooklyn"
New York Times
(June 22, 2006)

"Toxic in Brooklyn"
Letter to the Editor
New York Times
(June 9, 2006)

"'Dream Team' Plans a Crude Awakening"
Queens Ledger
(May 25, 2006)

"Residents, Lawyers Cheer Anti-ExxonMobil Stance"
The Queens Gazette
(May 17, 2006)

"Rescuing Newtown Creek"
New York Times Editorial
(May 14, 2006)
Available as PDF file in English and Polish

"Slick Move: Hevesi Can't Give Consent to Exxon Deal"
Queens Ledger
(May 11, 2006)

"What Do We Know About the Decades Old Greenpoint Oil Spill?"
Gothamist
(May 9, 2006)

"Is the Greenpoint Oil Spill Headed for LIC?"
Curbed
(May 9, 2006)

"State Comptroller Puts Halt To Cleanup Of Brooklyn Oil Spill"
NY1 News
(May 9, 2006)

"Hevesi To DEC: Don't Settle Yet With ExxonMobil On Greenpoint"
North County Gazette
(May 8, 2006)

"Environmentalists Urge Action On Toxic Creek"
Queens Chronicle
(May 4, 2006)

"Oil and Greenpoint Don’t Mix"
Block Magazine
(March 3, 2006)

"Residents Fed Up With Brooklyn Oil Slick"
Fox News (February 28, 2006)
Seattle Times (February 28, 2006)
Minneapolis Star-Tribune (February 27, 2006)

"Erin Brockovich in Greenpoint"
Gotham Gazette
(February 8, 2006)

"Digesting the Scope of Newtown Creek Oil Spill"
Brownstoner
(February 2, 2006)

"Erin Brockovich Briefs Potential Plaintiffs" [PDF]
Greenline
(January 6-31, 2006)

"Oil and Paint" [audio]
WNYC 93.9FM: The Leonard Lopate Show
(December 26, 2005)

"Gioia Joins [Riverkeeper] Suit Vs. Exxon For Newtown Creek Oil Leak"
Western Queens Gazette
(November 23, 2005)

"Greenpoint, Maspeth Residents Lobby To Get 55-Year-Old Oil Spill Cleaned Up"
New York Sun
(November 18, 2005)

"Dołącz do pozwu na Greenpoincie" [1.2MB PDF]
nowy dziennik [Polish Daily News]
(October 27, 2005)

"Brooklyn: Residents Claim Pollution Damage"
New York Times
(October 21, 2005)

"Oil Spill Under NYC's Olympic Village Site"
NPR's Day to Day
(May 25, 2005)

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Local Views

Click for PDF By Rolf Carle, Greenpoint artist and longtime resident.

Would you like to make your views known about the Greenpoint Oil Spill?

The Gotham Gazette's online Community Gazette for District 33 invites you to
post your "Ideas, Comments, Information, and General Gripes" in their
Community Views section.

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