After Hurricane Sandy walloped the northeast last fall, we saw some of the worst environmental impacts the New York City has ever experienced. There were threats of water-borne illnesses, garbage floating in plain sight, and even rumors of “super-rats” roaming the trash-strewn streets.
Now, a new study from the research group Climate Central has announced what may be the grossest aftereffect of them all: 10 billion gallons of raw and partially treated sewage that was released during the storm. The sludge was enough to cover Central Park in a 41-foot-high pile of muck, the report says. In layman’s terms, the city’s rivers, lakes, and streams became one giant toilet.
Good news for all you who drive—the EPA said today that 
For most people, New York City is a mecca of progressive values, of gentrification, of green canvas bags filled with organic beets and hydroponic kale. But little did the mason jar-toting, cruiser-riding, Toms-wearing among us know, our city, which has been hailed as 
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