Monthly Archives: April 2010

Clean Air Council Looks Forward – Ignores Elephant in the Room

The New Jersey Clean Air Council held it’s annual public hearing today – this year’s topic was “Vision for the Next Decade: Air Quality and Air Pollution Control in NJ”. The Clean Air Council, since its creation in 1954, serves … Continue reading

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DEP Commissioner Martin Uses State Police To Eject Environmentalist From Polluter’s Advisory Group Meeting

Ironically, the DEP PowerPoint briefing title was “New World Order” DEP held an important meeting today to brief consultants and environmental groups about implementation plans for the new privatized controversial toxic site cleanup Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP) program. Here … Continue reading

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Dems Give Christie A Pass On Environmental Cuts and Rollbacks

[Update: NJNewsroom: Christie cutting $65 million for global warming prevention [Note: The headline and story are misleading. The $65 million is only the RGGI cut from DEP account – there is $240+million more cut from BPU Clean Energy Fund.] Bipartisan … Continue reading

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The Role of Economics At DEP

[Update #2 – 4/16/10 – strong Asbury Park Press editorial: “Aiding economy not DEP’s job” Update #1 below] Todd Bates of the Asbury Park Press has written an important story about the role of economics at the NJ Department of … Continue reading

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Howell Living History Farm

A Great Place for Kids of All Ages [Update: 7/18/10 – good Asbury Park Press story: Young NJ farmers are cultivating a futureĀ ~~~ end update] Saturday morning was spectacular, but a little too cool and windy for a bike ride, … Continue reading

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