Author Archives: Bill Wolfe

Murphy DEP Failed To Update NJ Water Quality Standards To Include US EPA’s Criteria For Toxic Aluminum

Petition For Rulemaking Demands DEP, Highlands Council And Pinelands Commission Protect Fish And Water Quality From Known Toxic Effects Of Aluminum USGS Study Found That Logging Forests In NY’s Catskills Caused “100% Trout Mortality” This is a complex science and … Continue reading

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Murphy DEP Issues Another Climate Science Report – And Does Nothing

No “Climate Emergency” Declaration By Gov. Murphy No Moratorium On New Fossil Infrastructure No DEP Regulations To Mandate Consideration Of This Science Or Mitigate Impacts (Source: Figure 1. Maps and model estimates for 2051 levels of ozone across New Jersey) The … Continue reading

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Is NJ Losing Or Gaining Farmland?

Rutgers Land Use/Land Cover Data Show Significant Continued Loss Of Farmland NJ Dept. Of Agriculture Claims NJ Has 40% More Land In Agriculture Than Rutgers NJ Spotlight Claims NJ Is Gaining Farmland What Explains This Gross Conflict In Data And … Continue reading

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Olympic Peninsula

(also see photos of prior posts for Cape Flattery, Hoh rainforest, Salish Sea, Olympic Smokeout, and Port Townsend) After another wonderful summer on the Olympic Peninsula – weather was spectacular and we only got smoke last weekend – we’re back on … Continue reading

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The Light Of Reality Briefly Emerged, But Foundation Funded Corporate “Greens” Moved Quickly To Shut It Down

Warehouse Guidance “doomed” Just “another toothless wish list of wonderful things for towns to do” Truth About The State Plan: “Furthering the public good was not enough.” [Update below] In a very rare moment of truth-telling, last week, NJ Spotlight reported … Continue reading

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