Monthly Archives: April 2008

Corzine Toxic Site Cleanup Reforms Leaked

Bill WolfeDEP Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson briefs Governor Corzine. A Joint Joint Senate and Assembly Committee will conduct a hearing on April 15th concerning much needed reforms to NJ’s toxic site cleanup program. The hearing is in response to a … Continue reading

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Corzine DEP Task Force to meet in secret – no ethics restrictions

Bill Wolfe [Update: 4/24/08 – The chronology reveals a minor victory. The Taskforce held its first meeting on April 9. I filed an OPRA request for Taskforce documents on April 14. On the legal due date, April 22, DEP posted … Continue reading

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DEP seeks cover on Fast Track – confirms stream buffer weakening

“Worse than Whitman” Jeff Tittel, Sierra Club. Bill WolfeAvoiding landmines – Governor Corzine confers with DEP Commissioner Jackson prior to his remarks to NJEF conference. Yesterday, at the 22nd Annual NJ Environmental Federation Conference held at Rutgers Law School in … Continue reading

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“Beyond Vietnam – A Time to Break Silence”

Beyond Vietnam — A Time to Break Silence Martin Luther King, Jr. “…There is at the outset a very obvious and almost facile connection between the war in Vietnam and the struggle I, and others, have been waging in America. … Continue reading

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End Political Influence on DEP Regulators

[Note: Inspector General Cooper’s Encap Report was a whitewash, so I repost this October 24, 2007 column – maybe the Attorney General or Legislative Committees can be convinced to examine these issues and develop much needed reforms. Who knows maybe … Continue reading

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