Category Archives: Family & kids

Probe Called For In Clifton Toxic High School Fiasco

Inspector General Asked Why “Kiddie Kollege” Law Failed Bill WolfeDEP Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson [Update. See: Board defends handling of Brighton school site http://www.myheraldnews.com/view.html?type=stories&action=detail&sub_id=35723 See also my letter of clarification:Download file The purchase of a polluted former industrial site for … Continue reading

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The Lake Wobegon Effect

You like roses and kisses and pretty men that tell you all those pretty lies. Pretty lies. When you gonna realize they’re only pretty lies. Only pretty lies, just pretty lies. ~~Joni Mitchell Bill WolfeJanine Commerford, Assistant Commissioner, Mass. DEP … Continue reading

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Environmental safety lax at school sites

According to a story in today’s Bergen Record: Safety testing lax on new school sites http://www.northjersey.com/education/educationnews/Clifton_school_site_lacks_test_for_pesticides.html “Nearly four years ago, Clifton voters approved an $11 million plan to convert an old industrial building into classrooms for 500 high school students. … Continue reading

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Al Gore – watch live 11 am today – Commencement, Carnegie Mellon

Former U.S. Vice President and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore will give the keynote address at Carnegie Mellon’s 111th commencement ceremony, Sunday, May 18, 2008. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. and will be broadcast online. Live … Continue reading

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Deadline looms for DEP stream buffer protections

Builders and Powerful Developers opposing DEP behind the scenes Bill WolfeJeff Tittel, Sierra Club, joins DEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson (center) to praise DEP proposed “Category One” stream protections at Earth Day press conference at Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association in … Continue reading

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