Author Archives: Bill Wolfe

Ethics Commission Asked To Issue Advisory Opinion On Murphy DEP Commissioner Latourette’s Revolving Door And Regulatory Capture Conflicts As Exposed By BASF Toms River Settlement

LaTourette Prevailed As Corporate Lawyer In An NRD Lawsuit With DEP LaTourette Failed To Disclose Or Recuse On His Essex Chemical NRD Litigation As DEP Commissioner, He Has Not Reformed Weaknesses He Successfully Exploited We exposed and broke the story … Continue reading

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An Important Note To Readers – Why I Write

I am not a naive technocratic fool Old and in the way is what I heard them say. They used to heed the words he said, but that was yesterday. (Garcia & Grisman 1973) Dear Readers – I write as … Continue reading

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Legislators Asked To Conduct Oversight Of DEP BASF Sweetheart Deal And Restore Stalled Process Of Legislative Enactment Of Natural Resource Damage Standards

DEP Settlement With BASF In Toms River As Bad Or Worse The Christie Exxon Deal Chairman Smith Urged To Revive Stalled NRD Standards Initiative Sierra Club And Audubon Stand By Their Support, Despite Community Opposition Senator Smith – this DEP proposed BASF … Continue reading

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Murphy DEP In Retreat In Response To Withering Community Criticism Of BASF Toms River Superfund Deal

DEP Extends Public Comment Period DEP Will Meet With Community To Attempt To Sell Bad Deal Toms River Cancer Cluster Toxic Site As Bad Or Worse Than Notorious Love Canal Site “… shoulder-to-shoulder with a good corporate citizen determined to repair … Continue reading

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Time To Expand NJ’s Lame “No Net Loss Reforestation Act” To Address The Climate Emergency And Environmental Justice

The Urban Heat Island Effect Already Is Killing People The Murphy DEP, Conservation Groups, And Media Don’t Want To Talk About That Where Did Senator Smith’s Forestry Task Force Recommendations Go? Prior aspirational goals, incremental approaches, and voluntary and market … Continue reading

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