Archive of News (2002)
New Task Force Is to Deal With Questions on Air Quality
Responding to the continuing fear and confusion over air safety near ground zero, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg yesterday announced a new task force to coordinate the response of city agencies and to establish a complaint and information phone line about environmental issues in and around the World Trade Center site.
A NATION CHALLENGED: COMPENSATION; U.S. MAY APPROVE MORE AID FOR KIN OF SEPT. 11 DEAD
After months of criticism from the families of those killed on Sept. 11, the Bush administration is close to a decision on several changes in the Victims Compensation Fund that could result in scores of families’ receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the fund’s original rules would have allowed.
A NATION CHALLENGED: COMPENSATION; U.S. MAY APPROVE MORE AID FOR KIN OF SEPT. 11 DEAD
After months of criticism from the families of those killed on Sept. 11, the Bush administration is close to a decision on several changes in the Victims Compensation Fund that could result in scores of families’ receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the fund’s original rules would have allowed.
Hearing Brings More Debate Over Ground Zero Air Quality
The confusion over the air quality inside and outside buildings near ground zero was clearly evident again yesterday at an investigative hearing before the national ombudsman for the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Hearing Brings More Debate Over Ground Zero Air Quality
The confusion over the air quality inside and outside buildings near ground zero was clearly evident again yesterday at an investigative hearing before the national ombudsman for the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Ground Zero Air Quality
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton called for several measures yesterday to help improve air quality near the World Trade Center site, including requirements for reducing emissions from heavy-duty construction vehicles there.
Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: Ground Zero Air Quality
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton called for several measures yesterday to help improve air quality near the World Trade Center site, including requirements for reducing emissions from heavy-duty construction vehicles there. Senator Clinton, who conducted a hearing yesterday at the United States Customs House, near the site, also called for the federal government to track the health of people who have worked or lived at or near ground zero. She also urged the city to expand testing of indoor air quality in Lower Manhattan.
With Uncertainty Filling the Air, 9/11 Health Risks Are Debated
Five-year-old Phoebe Kaufman’s room was once filled with her artwork. Now all that remains is a single picture of a flower, which hangs by her bed. Her parents threw out everything else because paper is porous and might have absorbed dust from the collapsing World Trade Center towers that blasted into their Lower Manhattan apartment through an open window.
With Uncertainty Filling the Air, 9/11 Health Risks Are Debated
Five-year-old Phoebe Kaufman’s room was once filled with her artwork. Now all that remains is a single picture of a flower, which hangs by her bed. Her parents threw out everything else because paper is porous and might have absorbed dust from the collapsing World Trade Center towers that blasted into their Lower Manhattan apartment through an open window.
IN PERSON; Hitting Ground Zero Running
The first task Jane M. Kenny was handed was to oversee the clean-up effort at the World Trade Center. On her second day, Ms. Kenny stood by while her boss, Christie Whitman, disclosed her decision as head of the Environmental Protection Agency to pursue a $500 million dredging of the Hudson River two decades after General Electric plants dumped PCB’s into the river.