Yearly Archives: 2010

A “Big Map” for Toxic Site Cleanup?

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Bill Wolfe

We all recall the “Big Map“, right? [full disclosure: I worked closely with former Commissioner Brad Campbell on this failed initiative] “Big Map” was a futile DEP effort to regulate development based on a map (see NY Times post mortem … Continue reading →

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Lessons of Gulf Oil Spill Lost On Martin

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Bill Wolfe

Martin needs to stop coddling the oil and chemical industries as “customers” and ramp up regulatory oversight and enforcement [Update 5 : 5/29/10 NY Times: Documents Show Early Worries About Safety of Rig In the documents, company officials apologized to … Continue reading →

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Trenton Protest Against Christie Budget

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Bill Wolfe

[Update: the Governor’s spokesman’s comments in the Star Ledger article on the protest reveal a dangerous arrogance. The governor’s spokesman, Michael Drewniak, said the protesters are “blinded by their own rhetoric and are on the wrong side of history.” So … Continue reading →

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DEP Caves to Trucking Lobby

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Bill Wolfe

During the gubernatorial campaign, candidate Christie promised to reduce air pollution from diesel trucks (specifcally, per the NJ Environmental Federation, who endorsed Christie, “an Executive Order to reduce killer diesel soot pollution“). More recently, Christie’s  DEP Commisisoner Bob Martin has made public statements … Continue reading →

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Cancer Risks in Garfield Homes More than 2,000 Times Allowable Risk

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Bill Wolfe

[Update 3: 10/2/10: more from Bergen Record: Feds Recommend Superfund for Garfield Chromium Contamination Update 2 : 10/1/10- we were unfortunately right about the risks from this site: Bergen Record Feds Issue Public Health Advisory in Garfield Update 1: media coverage – … Continue reading →

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