New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to postpone the formal completion of General Electric Co.’s $1.6 billion cleanup of the upper Hudson River, saying the agency has yet to prove whether dredging the river is working. In a letter sent Friday to Judith Enck, regional administrator of the EPA, attorneys from Mr. Schneiderman’s office said the agency should delay awarding a “certificate of completion” to GE for the dredging work. Instead, they argued, the EPA should...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 16, 2016 22:27 UTC