Monthly Archives: December 2012

Elementary School Was Just a Few Hundred Feet from Toxic Train Wreck For Chemical Emergency, Spill, Leak, Fire, Exposure or Accident, Call Chemtrec!   While the nation reflects on the horror in a Connecticut elementary school, I would be remiss not … Continue reading →

Joint Petition to US Coast Guard and EPA Inspectors General Review of Evacuation and Health Warnings Confusion, Role of Corporate Consultant From our friends at PEER: Trenton —The public health response to a major toxic chemical spill from a train … Continue reading →

Stuck in the Moral Matrix I just came across this TED talk by Jonathan Haidt, The moral roots of liberals and conservatives. I’ve seen him discuss his book on Bill Moyers, and was not impressed so did’t read the book. But, … Continue reading →

Failure to Include Climate Change Makes Mockery of FEMA Policy Lack or Reliable Flood Maps Suggests Need for Rebuild Moratorium FEMA just released new flood maps in the wake of Sandy (see the AP story:  FEMA – NJ Coastal flood … Continue reading →

Newsflash: Important New Office Formed – Will Control $37 Billion!  From Czar to Office – In One Drewniak Spincycle We are closely following (and criticizing) Gov. Christie’ s “Rebuild Czar” – in fact, on December 10, we wrote a detailed post about … Continue reading →