Monthly Archives: May 2011

Scientists at UMDNJ to Study Environmental Exposures in Pompton Lakes

Study to Examine Potential Health Impacts From Dupont Toxic Site [Update: 6/10/11: The Record reports on high levels of lead found in homes in Ringwood: Upper Ringwood urged to get kids tested for lead. In addition to Ringwood/Ford, there were extremely high levels … Continue reading

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Greetings from Pennsylvania – The Carbon State

[Update: 5/22/11 – Sandy Bauers of Philly Inquirer does a good story today on Tuesday’s EPA hearing in Philadelphia on a proposed mercury emissions rule (we mentioned recently in Update 2). But the context and far more important story on coal … Continue reading

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More Bad News for Barnegat Bay – Ecological Indicators At Record Lows

[Update below] Kirk Moore reports on Rutgers professor Mike Kennish’s latest Report on the continuing declining ecological health of Barnegat Bay (See: “State of the Bay Report: 2011“) New bay study cites declining trends Underwater seagrass meadows in Barnegat Bay … Continue reading

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High Point Views

Trailhead & parking  at Weiss Ecology Center  – maps & more from NY/NJ Trail Conference.

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The Banality of Red Tape

“Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.”  ~~~ Hannah Arendt Breaking news! Since last we wrote (see: The Dialectic of Red Tape), the Philadelphia … Continue reading

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