Category Archives: Hot topics

Will Democrats Seek Real RGGI Reform?

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Bill Wolfe

The Senate Environment Committee will meet tomorrow (Monday 6/20/11) to hear the Senate version of a bill to reverse Governor Christie’s plans to withdraw from RGGI (see:  S 2946) The Senate hearing provides another opportunity for Legislators to show that … Continue reading →

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A Year When Slogans Masked Policy: “Red Tape” – “Commmon Sense Regulation” – “DEP Transformation”

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Bill Wolfe

We continue the 2010 year in review today, starting with a brief discussion about the ways the environmental rollback has been publicly justified by slogans used by Governor Christie, his DEP Commissioner Bob Martin, and the Red Tape Czar, Lt. … Continue reading →

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Christie “Red Tape” Rollback Bills Re-Emerge – Backed by Democratic Legislators

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Bill Wolfe

Senate Majority Leader Buono Calls Legislation “Assault on Decades of Environmental Protections”   So Why Are Her Colleagues Rolling Over To Enact Governor Christie’s Agenda? Democratic legislators jumped on board the Christie Administration’s “Red Tape” environmental rollback wagon yesterday, as … Continue reading →

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Orwell Lives – Stenographic Praise Displaces Journalism

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Bill Wolfe

DEP NOT using huge regulatory powers to protect public health from known risks I just posted the below as an Update to my piece yesterday on the DEP’s new dry cleaner grant program, but now realize that the underlying public … Continue reading →

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Dupont’s Tentacles Extend into North Carolina Science

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Bill Wolfe

[Update – Do you trust Dupont? Are they any more credible than BP or Goldman Sachs? In another killer story, Jim O’Neill of the Bergen Record reports: Dupont’s Danger Was Hidden Away: The DEP and DuPont had been discussing that … Continue reading →

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