NYC's East River Becoming A Green Zone
NEW YORK — The murky waterways around the city aren't exactly what spring to mind at the mention of an environmentally friendly location.
Cesspool, perhaps. Or rumored resting place of countless mobsters. But not a green zone.
The state thinks otherwise. New York and a Virginia-based company have partnered to use the East River as the staging ground for a unique experiment in renewable energy. They are placing six windmills underwater on the east side of Roosevelt Island to harness kinetic energy in the tides to produce electricity _ without having to dam the water.
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