Monthly Archives: August 2016

Hundreds of Pipeline Opponents Force DEP To Cancel Public Hearing On Controversial Compressor Station Wetlands Permit and Clean Water Act Certificate

[Update: 8/24/16 – NJ.Com has a good story, with a video of some of the chaos: High turnout forces state to postpone pipeline hearing [Revised] The DEP was forced to cancel – at the public hearing – the hearing on … Continue reading

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Climate Science Trumps Political Science

Bad News for All Those Hillary Supporters Out There Another devastating monthly report on climate chaos from Truthout reporter Dahr Jamail – shocking science news that is rarely reported by mainstream corporate press: In Arctic, Ancient Diseases Reanimate and Highways Melt … Continue reading

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The Weight of the Flag

Once in awhile, the AP gets it right Buried in another AP story about the US “Ugly American” Olympic scandal, the AP inadvertently deployed a powerful metaphor: Phelps carried the flag into the opening of what he says will be … Continue reading

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Ford Ringwood Superfund Debate on Chemical 1,4, Dioxane Illustrates Flaws In Drinking Water Standards

Is the Pandora’s Box of “unregulated contaminants” finally opening? Scott Fallon of the Bergen Record has another good story today on the Ford Ringwood site– see: Two labs return wildly differing results for water in Ringwood Fallon is really getting into … Continue reading

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Beach Access Debate Is Bullshit And A Diversion From Climate Change and Real Ocean and Coastal Issues

Absurdity NY/NJ Baykeeper Praises The Corzine DEP CAFRA Public Access Rules – The Same Rules The Group’s Lawsuit Convinced The Courts That The Christie DEP Lacked Legislative Authority To Adopt I decided that this year it wasn’t worth the carbon … Continue reading

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