Monthly Archives: May 2016

Christie seeking to weaken Highlands Act via DEP regulations and bypass Legislature DEP promoting significant new development in Preservation Area Today (Wednesday, June 1, 2016) DEP will hold a public hearing at 6 pm in Chester NJ on proposed rollbacks … Continue reading →

Key Freshwater Wetlands Permits and Water Quality Certificate Pending The public comment period on the DEP’s proposed draft “dewatering” permit for the Transco compressor station in Chesterfield closes today. The compressor station would serve the proposed NJ Natural Gas “Southern … Continue reading →

Into the pipeline opposition and media void I wrote about recently, today Jeff Tittel of Sierra Club, NJ Chapter injects a good Letter-to–the Editor, read it all: State can regulate pipelines for water quality impact But it’s going to take … Continue reading →

Stunned, just stunned by this interview today at Democracy Now!: AMY GOODMAN: Would you call for a moratorium on fracking? BILL McKIBBEN: Well, I don’t—I mean, I don’t know what the language will be or even quite what that would mean, but I think … Continue reading →

How much longer will the environmental community & media neglect this issue? DEP Commissioner Bob Martin testified to the Assembly Budget Committee on Tuesday regarding the DEP’s FY’17 budget (see testimony and OLS analysis and DEP response to OLS.) I want … Continue reading →