Tuesday, July 17, 2007

UPDATE 1-New York State sues Exxon over Brooklyn spill

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 17 - New York State sued Exxon
Mobil Corp. on Tuesday to force the cleanup of a
decades-old, 17 million gallon oil spill in New York City.




The suit concerns a leak that was discovered in 1978 in
Newtown Creek, the waterway that separates the boroughs of
Queens and Brooklyn. It has formed an underground contamination
over 55-acres of the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, New York
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said in a statement.


Read more at Reuters.com Bonds News

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