HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - With each steady stroke, John Lipscomb inched the
canoe deeper into an infamous urban waterway. The water surrounding the
boat grew increasingly murky; the sulphuric stench more offensive.
"Onward we go into the heart of darkness," said Lipscomb, boat captain for the clean water advocacy group Riverkeeper, as the tips of his oars again disappeared beneath the grey-brown surface of the Gowanus Canal. click here to read more