Monthly Archives: July 2022

Murphy DEP Refuses To Disclose How Much Hired Gun Law Firms Will Be Paid In Ford Motor Company Ringwood Lawsuit

Lawsuit Results In Privatization Of The Attorney General’s Office And DEP Contingency Fees Redacted The AG/DEP Press Releases Didn’t Even Mention Private Law Firms On June 16, the Murphy DEP and Attorney General jointly issued a press release touting their lawsuit … Continue reading

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NJ Environmental Groups Urged To Abandon Support of Murphy DEP’s Plan To Propose “Emergency Rules”

Climate Emergency Does Not Meet Legal Test Of “Emergency” Under Administrative Law DEP Certain To Lose Lawsuit On Procedural Grounds This will set back regulations by several more years Absent “an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare,” … Continue reading

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Murphy DEP Environmental Justice Stressor Guidance Document Is An Exercise In Gaslighting And Manipulation

Screening and Mapping Are Not Regulation And Will Not Reduce Risks Or Pollution DEP Playing A Sophisticated Game Of Bait and Switch I have long been a harsh critic of the NJ EJ law, but have not yet digested the … Continue reading

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A Field Guide To NJ “Stewardship”

Forestry Task Force Follies My NJ friends are having quiet private debates about a whole set of predicted problems they’ve been having with Senator Smith’s Forestry Task Force. I was highly skeptical from the outset of that initiative, but I gave … Continue reading

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DEP Records Reveal That DEP Issued ZERO Fines Or Penalties To Ford For Decades Of Illegal Dumping Of Hazardous Wastes That DEP Described As “Recklesss” Illegal Acts of “Wanton And Willful Disregard”

While the […] clerks in mainstream media keep their heads down, and their mouths closed while cashing their checks, independent media take principled stands in favor of free expression, and people admire these stands. They are, after all admirable. ~~~ … Continue reading

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