Monthly Archives: November 2010

While I support subsidies and incentives to promote renewable energy, cutting corners on environmental protection is a bad idea. Below is a heads up on an upcoming proposal from the US Army Corps of Engineers to do just that – … Continue reading →

So sad, now even the birders have assimilated the values and parrot the language of money, the marketplace, and the corporate state: “The cost/benefit ratio of a highly educated, interested citizenry is huge,” said Michael Anderson, director of the Audubon … Continue reading →

Martin’s Management Mishmash Recalls Nixon’s “Madman Theory” While you won’t read about this in the newspapers, nonetheless, on Friday, DEP Commissioner Bob Martin invoked a fundamental strategy of the media damage control playbook: put out the bad news late Friday … Continue reading →

[Update: 11/27/10 – NY Times columist and Princeton economist Paul Krugman writes about the Irish “economic miracle” and recent collapse. What he misses is that the causes of  the bubble and collapse were built into the economic model that provided the “economic … Continue reading →

Earlier this year, I blasted the Christie Administration for failure to negotiate full public compensation for the Tennessee Gas Pipeline easement across state parks and environmentally sensitive lands – see: Christie DEP Cuts Sweetheart Deal With Gas Industry. That lease gave … Continue reading →