Category Archives: Hot topics

Jackson Divides NJ Environmentalists

Posted on January 6, 2009 by

Public Praise contrasts sharply with private criticisms In the run-up to next week’s US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee confirmation hearing of Obama nominee Lisa Jackson as US EPA Administrator, former Jersey Girl Kate Sheppard has written an in … Continue reading →

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Playing Politics with your drinking water

Posted on January 4, 2009 by

Lisa Jackson’s DEP ignored scientists’ warnings to regulate a chemical that is poisoning drinking water supplies of millions of people [Update: this smoking gun confirms that the problem is worse than I initially suggested. Back on November 2005, DEP pledged: … Continue reading →

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Democratic Collapse

Posted on January 1, 2009 by

We start the New Year with a bang – Here’s an excerpt of a devastating Keynote address earlier this year by Chris Hedges, Pulitzer prize winning former NY Times reporter – “Franklin Delano Roosevelt on April 29, 1938, sen[t] a … Continue reading →

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Environment and Media – The Year in Review

Posted on December 27, 2008 by

It is a sad fact that New Jersey newspapers continue to downsize and fail to cover important environmental news, especially policy stories out of Trenton. The few issues they do cover reflect constraints imposed by news deadlines or space limits … Continue reading →

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“Lilies of the Failed”

Posted on December 27, 2008 by

Bush Unveils White House Portrait of Worst. President. Ever.

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