Monthly Archives: November 2022

Pinelands Commissioner Lohbauer Eviscerates Murphy DEP Logging Plan

The Pinelands Commission Meets Tomorrow at 9:30 – Let Them Know How You Feel As I wrote when contemplating the beauty of my favorite, the sycamore tree (see “In The Woods”), the painter Thomas Cole, a founder of the Hudson River … Continue reading

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DEP Completed The Study Required By Senator Smith’s “Forever Chemicals” Bill A Decade Ago

A DEP 2014 Report Found Treatment Technology Already Available For PFAS A Prior 2010 DEP Report Recommended a “Treatment Based Approach” To Remove 500 Unregulated Chemicals Known To Be Present In NJ Drinking Water Supplies Today NJ Spotlight made a … Continue reading

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Murphy DEP Pinelands “Forest Management” (Logging) Plan Fails To Comply With DEP’s Own Regulatory Standards And Protections For “Exceptional Ecological Values”

Loopholes Allow DEP To Destroy Wetlands, Streams, Vernal Pools, & T&E Habitat Developer Would Face Huge Fines & Possible Jail Time For A Fraction Of That Destruction DEP Ignores Their Own Science And regulatory Standards And Protections In a highly … Continue reading

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The History Of Attempts To Log State Forests Is Instructive

Decade Long Campaign Shows How Conservationists Have Been Duped  Strong public opposition and honest advocacy have stopped the loggers (Caption: Russell Juelg, who takes hikers through the BATONA TRAIL, navigaqtes the pine bog around the Batona trail near Carranza Road … Continue reading

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Environmental Justice Leader Says Gov. Murphy “Doing A Really Good Job” On Climate And The Environment

Remarks Almost A Caricature Of Ineffective Activism But hey, he’s got some great posters! NJ Spotlight reporter David Cruz’s show “Chat Box” featured a very interesting conversation with “environmental and social justice activist Marcus Sibley and Jeff Tittel, former director … Continue reading

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