Author Archives: Bill Wolfe

Murphy DEP Playing A Perpetual Bureaucratic Shell Game On Climate Emergency

Executive Orders, Press Releases, Strategies, Stakeholder Processes, And Plans DEP Constantly Launching New Processes That Provide Cover And Avoid Action Source: NJ DEP “Natural And Working Lands Strategy” (March 2023) I want to thank DEP for the above graphic depiction … Continue reading

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DEP Never Used The Most Powerful Provision Of The Pollution Prevention Act

Pollution Prevention Law Authorizes DEP To Issue “More Stringent” Emission Limits DEP Has Enormous Unused Power To Reduce Hazardous Chemical Air & Water Pollution  This is a quick followup to yesterday’s post, because I just realized that I buried the … Continue reading

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Whitewashing The Dismantling Of NJ’s Toxic Chemical Laws

NJ Spotlight Op-Ed An Exercise In Gaslighting, Evasion, And Cowardice  Narrow Focus On Benefits Of Disclosure Obscures DEP Regulatory Failures Vague Allusions Allow Polluters, Legislators, And DEP To Dodge Accountability Former DEP manager Jeanne Herb, now at Rutgers (beware the … Continue reading

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Pinelands Commission Blasted For Political Endorsement Of DEP’s Proposed Flood Rules

I urge the Commission to conduct technical reviews and submit technical comments on DEP regulatory proposals, instead of vague and misleading political endorsements. The NJ Pinelands Commission is by law an independent regional planning and regulatory agency. The Commission is … Continue reading

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