Monthly Archives: February 2014

Christie DEP Creates Major Loophole in Groundwater Pollution Cleanup Requirements

Polluters May Effectively Waive Cleanup if Too Costly or “Impractical” Threat to Drinking Water and Toxic Vapor Intrusion Into Buildings DEP Reverses 30 Years of NJ policy to protect groundwater as a drinking water supply This one is really disturbing, … Continue reading

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Obama Executive Order and New HUD Requirements On Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Are Ignored In Gov. Christie’s $1.4 Billion Sandy Recovery Plan

HUD Mandated “Science Based Risk Analysis” Absent From Christie Plan and Media Coverage Christie’s reconstruction plans repeat land use mistakes of the past Will HUD Enforce New Federal Policy? There is virtually no public awareness of the fact that President … Continue reading

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He Came Dancin’ Across The Water

On the shore lay Montezuma With his coca leaves and pearls In his halls he often wandered With the secrets of the worlds. And his subjects gathered ’round him Like the leaves around a tree In their clothes of many … Continue reading

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Celebrate Darwin Day

Here’s a message from my former representative and a man I respect, Congressman, Rush Holt. Holt is a rare bird: a scientist in the belly of the beast of an increasingly irrational Congress dominated by an anti-science climate change denying … Continue reading

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“The Powerbroker” Operates Inside the Christie DEP Too

Wolff & Samson at the heart of multiple expanding scandals Bill Wolfe, the head of NJ-PEER, an environmental group that has monitored NJ Transit, is critical of the deals for lacking “competitive bidding, transparency, and robust ethical restrictions, which are … Continue reading

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