Category Archives: Hot topics

Global Warming rhetoric meets reality

Corzine First Step “Modest” – allows for INCREASE in CO2 Emissions [Update: 7/20/08 – “In recent years, our politics has tended toward incremental proposals made up of small policies designed to avoid offending special interests, alternating with occasional baby steps … Continue reading

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Obama VP rumor – A real global warming leader

Bill WolfeKathleen Sebelius, at Yale global warming conference in April. Salon is running a story today about a rumored Obama Vice-Presidential running mate, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius. I don’t normally pay attention to this kind of stuff, but it is … Continue reading

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Heads should roll for this

[Update: 8/3/08- the press finally covered this story. See: DEP’s lease program disorganized — but at what cost? http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/B3/20080803/NEWS0301/808030350/1123/NEWS02 State loses money on leases http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080803/NEWS/808030434 Star Ledger columnist Paul Mulshine recently correctly took me to task for not doing my … Continue reading

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Big Ocean – Bigger Woman – True Patriot

Fourth of July is the day for lots of symbolism and patriotic gestures – parades, flag waving, fireworks, and the like – but true love of country involves much deeper things. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/declare.htm Bill WolfeLiberty Bell. Liberty and freedom require active … Continue reading

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Corzine Missed First Global Warming Deadline

DEP Response: “It depends on what the definition of “shall” is” Bill WolfePSEG coal plant, Duck Island – on Delaware River just south of Trenton Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan Due This Week Delayed Until Fall or Later Trenton — The … Continue reading

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