Monthly Archives: June 2011

Christie DEP Dictates Development In Monmouth County

Trust Shattered as DEP Revises Sewer Plan to Promote Economic Development [Update: 6/24/11: LTE: Sewer plan Threatens Watershed] I wonder what NJ State Senator Kyrillos thinks of all this. In a stunning move, a Monmouth County Freeholder is publicly criticizing … Continue reading

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A National Perspective on NJ Privatized Cleanup Program

  [Update: 6/24/11 – Clarification – According to a “draft” Reorg Chart, DEP will retain some cases under traditional and direct oversight. Curious, the “draft” is dated 6/14/11 – the date of the original post. Coincidence?  ~~~ end Update] The … Continue reading

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Christie RGGI Withdrawal Plan Slammed at Trenton Hearing

Democrats and Environmentalists Fight To Defend Clean Energy Programs Global Warming? Not So Much Christie killing RGGI is supremely ironic, because the roots of RGGI are in Republican, corporate and free market think tank economic theory. RGGI,  a pollutant trading … Continue reading

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Well Past Time To Circle The Wagons on Christie Environmental Assaults

Disarray and lack of credibility emanate from a corrupt core, which I described as the “transactional”, deeply unprincipled, and raw political nature of the Christie endorsement, which was driven by NJEF’s own organizational self interest. [Update: 6/17/11 – Another editorial … Continue reading

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Lisa Jackson: “Not Aware of Any Proven Case Where Fracking Process Effected Water”

What was she thinking? Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public works welcomed the statement. Stating: “I have great respect for Lisa Jackson and I always appreciate her honesty. Although we disagree on … Continue reading

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