Monthly Archives: July 2021

The Forensics Of Regulatory Capture: Inside The NJ DEP Stakeholder And Rulemaking Process

How The Game Is Rigged – Part 78 An unknown reader sent me an email this morning. He noted that he had read my prior post on the climate coalition’s petition for rulemaking, offered some technical criticisms of DEP’s greenhouse … Continue reading

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The (Largely Ignored And UnRegulated) Implications Of Warehouse Development

Take A Look At What’s Really At Stake The Entire Fabric Of A Community Before I make my point, let me provide some context. NJ Spotlight recently has written several stories on warehouse developments that are exploding across New Jersey. Most of … Continue reading

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After 4 Years Of Cheerleading And “Stakeholder” Diversions, NJ Climate Activists Finally Pull The Regulatory Trigger

Political Stunt Is Too Little And Far Too Late A coalition of climate activists submitted a petition for rulemaking to the Murphy DEP yesterday. The petition seeks to accelerate greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and block DEP approvals of new … Continue reading

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“Lost Out There”

Mt. Baker, across Salish Sea, from bluffs at Fort Worden SP, Port Townsend, Wa. [Updates below] Sometimes I feel like I might just fall off the edge of the continent and vanish into the Pacific ocean. During one of these … Continue reading

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“The Magician’s Serpent”

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Utah) – Colorado River I stole the title from Walt Whitman’s “Democratic Vistas” (1870), where he wrote this powerful indictment, which holds even firmer today: I say we had best look our times and lands … Continue reading

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