Monthly Archives: September 2020

Longtime EJ Activist Backs Flawed EJ Bill In Truthout Op-Ed

The NJ EJ bill does not create any “right” to a “clean environment” Truthout Analysis Gets It Badly Wrong Political Set Up Piece For Gov. Murphy’s Bill Signing Tomorrow My friend and longtime NJ based scientist and environmental justice activist … Continue reading

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Advocates Urged To Withdraw Support For Flawed Environmental Justice Bill Now On NJ Gov. Murphy’s Desk

Calling On Gov. Murphy To Veto The Bill As I’ve written many times, the “environmental justice” bill that has passed both houses of the NJ legislature and is now on Gov. Murphy’s desk  (read it (S 232 [2R]) is seriously flawed. … Continue reading

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NJ Spotlight Misleads Readers About Benefits of NJ Electric Vehicle Program

Comparison Of NJ’s EV Program With ALA Report Amounts To Journalistic Malpractice Today’s NJ Spotlight story on a Report by the American Lung Association (ALA) is highly misleading and grossly exaggerates the benefits of NJ’s electric vehicle program. The ALA … Continue reading

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Structural Racism “Works” For the Same Reasons That The Environmental Justice Bill Will Fail

Race is Built Into the Institutions and Algorithms of Power The EJ Bill Ignores The Mechanisms of DEP Regulations and Permits My prior post highlighted 3 basic structural flaws in the environmental justice legislation (S 232 [2R]) now on Gov. Murphy’s … Continue reading

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NJ Environmental Justice Bill On Gov. Murphy’s Desk Is Seriously Flawed And Will Not Work

No Changes To DEP “Environmental Redlining” Despite being a longtime advocate of incorporating environmental justice in DEP regulatory programs, I have written several critical posts about the proposed environmental justice bill now of Gov. Murphy’s desk (to read the final version … Continue reading

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