Monthly Archives: September 2023

DRBC Abandonment Of Adopting Water Quality Standards For Delaware Bay And EPA Assumption Of Lead Is A Disaster That Sets A Terrible Precedent

DRBC Abdicates Leadership Of Stringent Regional Planning Based Water Quality Regulation EPA Control Will Lead To Further Delays And Weaker Standards The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) just pulled the plug on efforts to update water quality standards for the … Continue reading

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Murphy DEP Drinking Water Report Shows Hundreds Of Violations – Including “Forever Chemicals” Drinking Water Standards

DEP Masks Health Effects, People Exposed, And Risk Levels For Pollutants Waivers For Monitoring For Synthetic Chemicals Raises Red Flags  No Mention of Over 500 Unregulated Chemicals Known To Contaminate NJ Drinking Water No Mention of Pollution Threats To Source … Continue reading

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Despite Record Breaking Heat, Murphy DEP Quietly Delays Extreme Heat Action Plan

Despite the spin, measures to mitigate extreme heat will be delayed another year In February 2023, to much fanfare and self promotional press releases, the Murphy Administration presented its Climate Resilience planning strategy adopted under Gov. Murphy’s Executive Order #89. … Continue reading

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Legislators Urged To Conduct Oversight On Whatever Became Of DEP’s Drinking Water “Treatment Based Approach” To Remove Hundreds Of Unregulated Chemicals

People Unknowingly Drinking Hundreds of Unregulated Chemicals  DEP Admitted Flaws And Proposed A Far More Protective Alternative Over A Decade Ago DEP is allowing politically powerful corporations to block much needed reforms Last week, I filed a petition for rulemaking … Continue reading

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A Labor Day Weekend In America

[Updates below] Chris Hedges has a powerfully moving and meaningful column today – I particularly liked the allusion to Hayek’s  “Road To Serfdom“, the ideological origin of our current Neoliberal Nightmare – – so please read the whole thing: Our Collective … Continue reading

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