Category Archives: Hot topics

Environmentalists Blast Corzine for signing builders bailout bill

Sierra Club and Environmental Federation issue harsh statements – builders lobby applauds Bill WolfeGovernor Jon Corzine Today, the national press reported that that the Bush Administration publicly announced a massive taxpayer bailout of Fannie May and Freddie Mac to shore … Continue reading

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“Dumped on and lied to”

“We’re a community that’s been dumped on and lied to – my community has lost any confidence in what they’re told by experts or officials because of this. And I can’t blame them.” Hamilton, NJ Mayor Glen Gilmore Bill Wolfe … Continue reading

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More Bad news on Water Pollution

DEP Report finds more streams, lakes, bays, and ocean waters fail to meet standards – trends worsen due to sprawling over-development Unsafe to eat fish from, swim in, or drink from most NJ waters Bill Wolfe Last week, we disclosed … Continue reading

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Is 3 + 2 > 100,000?

[Update: 8/30/08 – I just checked the DEP webpage to see if they had gotten around to issuing a press release on the PWTA Report. Not yet, but I did find that DEP made it a priority to issue a … Continue reading

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DEP Report finds widespread drinking water contamination

Residents of over 50,000 NJ homes drinking polluted water – 12.5% of wells fail to meet standards [Update: Here is today’s APP story – DEP is merely responding – this is bad news they would have preferred to have stayed … Continue reading

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