Category Archives: Hot topics

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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Corporate Responsibility – time to name names

Ever heard of “The “Pharmaceutical Environmental Committee”? Sounds like a bunch of good deed doers, right? WRONG. BMS used that cover and joined the chemical and oil industries to attack drinking water protections proposed by DEP. How about the “Site … Continue reading

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New Chemical Plant Rules Rely on Voluntary Measures

Bill WolfeGovernor Jon Corzine Corzine Administration Caves on Governor’s Signature Environmental Issue Chemical Industry “Commends” DEP for Voluntary Rules Despite Governor Corzine’s repeated campaign pledges to mandate new strong chemical plant safety rules, the Department of Environmental Protection has adopted … Continue reading

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