Monthly Archives: February 2022

Part Two: The New Orleans Experience With Extreme Storm Design Standards Is Instructive

Under-design – based on lax regulatory standards & cost considerations – can kill Who will tell the people about this looming disastrous DEP decision? In completing its draft report earlier this year, the Corps turned down a request by state … Continue reading

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Murphy DEP Signals That New Jersey Is About To Repeat The New Orleans Katrina Debacle

Climate Emergency Is Increasing The Intensity Of Rainfall And Extreme Storms  DEP rainfall study ignored recent excessive rains from tropical storms Ida and Henri NJ DEP Signals They Will Continue To Rely On The Outdated 100 Year Design Storm The … Continue reading

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Federal Courts’ Attacks On Biden and EPA Climate Regulations Have Huge Implications for NJ And Murphy DEP CO2 Emission Proposal

US Supreme Court Reviewing EPA Authority Under the Clean Air Act Federal District Court Just Imposed An Injunction On Use of The Social Cost Of Carbon Parallel Legal Issues Make Murphy DEP CO2 Proposal Highly Vulnerable To Challenge A federal judge in … Continue reading

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“Infrastructure” Scenes From Main Street In Northeast Ohio That Biden And Media Didn’t Depict

Ashtabula, Ohio Exhibit A Of The Neoliberal Nightmare: Disinvestment, Deregulation, And Neglect I heard on the radio that Joe Biden was in northeast Ohio the other day to talk about his “bi-partisan infrastructure” bill and “promise of restoration”. Having swung through that … Continue reading

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Greetings From Asbury Park – Some Things Haven’t Changed At The New Jersey Shore

NJ Gets Poor Marks For Teaching The History Of Reconstruction Content of State Curriculum Standards Described As “Dreadful” The past is never dead. It’s not even past.’ ~~~ William Faulkner I just read a very interesting news story about a … Continue reading

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