Author Archives: Bill Wolfe

Highlands Council Rejects Regulatory Petition To Close Loopholes To Protect Trout And Aquatic Life From Toxic Effects Of Aluminum

USGS Study Found Logging Caused “100% Trout Mortality” In Nearby Catskills Council Ignores Science Compiled In US EPA Water Quality Criteria Council Abdicates Its Legal Authority And Responsibility To Protect Natural Resources In record speed (suggesting little if any scientific inquiry, … Continue reading

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EJ Communities Are Being Duped By EJ Activists Regarding Newark Garbage Incinerator and Sludge Permits

False Hope Leads To Frustration That Just Disempowers People Activists Still Fail To Tell The Truth About Flawed EJ Law They Supported Another Pass For Murphy DEP Regulatory Delays A friend just forwarded me an alert from Dave Pringle on behalf of … Continue reading

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The NJ Environmental Community Is Unified – And Weaker And More Ineffective Than Ever

The Spirit of Kumbaya Prevails – Over An Invisible Community The Regulatory Lion Has Lain Down With the Conservation Lamb When I came to Trenton in the fall of 1985 as a DEP policy planner fresh out of Cornell Graduate … Continue reading

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Gov. Murphy And DEP Are Illegally Manufacturing An “Imminent Peril” To Kill Black Bears

A Kafkaesque Nightmare Absent “an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare,” the APA requires public notice and an opportunity for comment before the adoption of any rule. See N.J.S.A.52:14B–4. (NJ Supreme Court) It is obvious that DEP … Continue reading

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Arrival

After an incredible fall journey down the Washington and Oregon pacific coast, east across Washington up the Columbia river valley, across Idaho into Montana, and south though Idaho and Nevada’s Great Basin – for which we’ll soon post awesome photos … Continue reading

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