Monthly Archives: May 2016

The Renewable Energy “Ventilator Death” Legislator Lied About Tennessee Gas Pipeline

“We’ve never had any issue with it. Nobody knows it’s there.” Previously, I wrote about how Assemblyman Auth (R-Bergen/Passaic) used disgraceful fear mongering to attack renewable energy (i.e. turn off hospital ventilators), spouted climate denial science, and distortions and lies … Continue reading

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Christie DEP Has New Role: Consultant To Polluters

Christie DEP Guts Environmental Regulation Via Lax Enforcement I initially wrote about this huge shift in Christie DEP enforcement policy way back in 2012, see: Christie DEP’s New Enforcement Priorities Is it DEP Enforcement’s job to serve as “sustainability and stewardship salesmen” … Continue reading

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NJ Legislator Deploys A “Death Panel” Scare Tactic In Climate Denying Attack on Solar and Wind Power

Suggests reliance on solar and wind will turn off hospital ventilators A whole new frontier in climate denial In what might be the most despicable Trenton legislative move I’ve seen over a 31 year career, Assemblyman Auth (R-39, Bergen/Passaic) suggested … Continue reading

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The Fine Art of Pipeline Kabuki On Display Today in Trenton

FERC isn’t the only government agency “rubber stamping” pipeline approvals Democrats run away from their own Global Warming Response Act & NJ DEP powers For whom the (2 minute) bell tolls The Assembly Regulatory Oversight Committee heard a Resolution today … Continue reading

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NJ Legislators Must Strengthen Proposed Pipeline Resolution

Current version ignores climate change and NJ DEP’s Clean Water Act powers Major omissions reveal flawed strategy On Thursday (5/12/16), the Assembly Regulatory Oversight Committee will hear ACR 53 – for an overview of what that is about, see NJ … Continue reading

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