Monthly Archives: December 2008

Will Environmental Justice Finally Get its Due?

The American Prospect just posted an important piece titled: Will Environmental Justice Finally Get Its Due? Obama’s environment, energy, and urban affairs appointees are poised to enact policies that environmental justice activists have long been pushing for. BRENTIN MOCK | … Continue reading

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In Praise of Folly

Jackson Global Warming Plan an Exercise in Magical Thinking Last Thursday – coincidentally the same day that Barack Obama nominated Lisa Jackson to become head of the US Environmental Protection Agency – the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released … Continue reading

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Latest Bush Midnight Ruling Could Cripple Global Warming Controls

Bush EPA rejects regulation of carbon dioxide pollution – move designed to speed approval of new coal plants Bill Wolfe The Bush administration has come under widespread criticism for a series of last minute changes that would gut various environmental … Continue reading

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Scientists Warn of Expansion of Coal Power Imports

Weak NJ laws make New Jersey more vulnerable to imported dirty coal power Bill Wolfe [Update 3/26/09 Here’s some really bad news: Transmission Superhighway On Track to Carry Cheap, Dirty Coal Power to Northeast http://solveclimate.com/blog/20090324/transmission-superhighway-track-carry-cheap-dirty-coal-power-northeast “Thanks to federal funding and … Continue reading

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Craftsman Farms – Oasis in a Wasteland

Bill Wolfe Quietly tucked away, just off Route 10 in the belly of the beast of suburban sprawl of Parsippany, is an oasis, Craftsman Farms and the Gustav Stickley Museum. Stickley is famous for his mission style furniture, but he … Continue reading

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