Monthly Archives: April 2016

NJ DEP Has Know For YEARS that Up to 18% of NJ Homes Have High Lead Levels

With all the focus on lead growing out of the Flint Michigan and Newark Schools tragedies – including criminal charges filed against State regulators –  I thought the DEP data hidden in plain sight would be mined by intrepid reporters … Continue reading

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Christie DEP Proposes To Weaken Key Highlands Water Quality Protections To Promote More Growth

Needless concession to lawsuit by the NJ Farm Bureau Proposal violates policy, standards and intent of Highlands Act Sham claim of “new science” is a cover story Yesterday, as I feared, the Christie DEP proposed a major retreat from the … Continue reading

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Christie DEP and Highlands Council To Present Septic Density Rollbacks Tomorrow

DEP Meeting Invitation Is A Pro-Development Dog-Whistle Highlands Council Meeting Will Discuss Tomorrow (4/21/16) morning at 9 am in the Parsippany-Troy Township Municipal Building 1001 Parsippany Boulevard, Parsippany, Christie DEP political appointees will brief municipal and County officials on DEP plans … Continue reading

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Gov. Christie & Bob Martin Celebrate Earth Day

Duck Island – Epitome of Malign Neglect and Incompetence “No time to wallow in the mire” The Christie DEP just issued an Earth Day press release (reader warning: obscene lies). We write policy stories and have exhaustively documented the Christie … Continue reading

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A Heartfelt Note To My New York Friends

Go Out On Tuesday and Vote For Bernie Sanders Restore a NY Political Legacy Climate change is a “global environmental crisis of unprecedented urgency“ In last night’s debate [Full Trancript], Bernie Sanders called climate change a “global environmental crisis of … Continue reading

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