Monthly Archives: July 2012

DEP Lax Enforcement on Water Use, as State Suffers Extreme Heat Wave At the outset of the Christie Administration, after review of their first budget we disclosed plummeting enforcement fines, a fact recently validated by  Todd Bates of the Asbury … Continue reading →

The Hudson River School was America’s first true artistic fraternity. Its name was coined to identify a group of New York City-based landscape painters that emerged about 1850 under the influence of the English émigré Thomas Cole(1801–1848) and flourished until about … Continue reading →

Monmouth County Pipeline Collapse Illustrates Vulnerability [Update #3 – 11/11/12- Who knew I had all this brilliant academic and theoretical backing? While many practitioners and academics use the term sustainability instead of landscape integrity, this author is more closely aligned … Continue reading →

Jails, Water Supply, Toxic Site Cleanup, & Forests – Privatization a Failure   Three major ongoing scandals in NJ share a common root: privatization of essential public responsibilities and functions to protect public health and safety. These cases illustrate not … Continue reading →