Category Archives: Hot topics

DEP’s Jackson lobbying for privatization and Fast Track

“There will be no Fast Tracking” Jon Corzine 4/5/08 – remarks at NJEF Annual Conference. Bill WolfeDEP Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson. [Update #1: at 1:30 pm today, I received a call from Assembly Majority Office to advise that Tuesday’s hearing … Continue reading

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Experts and Advocates: Pollution from Ports A High Cancer Risk to Urban NJ

Clean Air Council Hearing spotlights lack of pollution controls in NJ – State Urged to do more to regulate powerful port interests Diesel fumes called NJ’s “greatest cancer risk” http://www.northjersey.com/news/northernnj/Diesel_fumes_called_NJ_greatest_cancer_risk.html [See our Jan 18 post: In Harm’s way http://blog.nj.com/njv_bill_wolfe/2008/01/what_they_dont_want_you_to_see.html Bill … Continue reading

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Corzine Toxic Site Cleanup Reforms Leaked

Bill WolfeDEP Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson briefs Governor Corzine. A Joint Joint Senate and Assembly Committee will conduct a hearing on April 15th concerning much needed reforms to NJ’s toxic site cleanup program. The hearing is in response to a … Continue reading

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Corzine DEP Task Force to meet in secret – no ethics restrictions

Bill Wolfe [Update: 4/24/08 – The chronology reveals a minor victory. The Taskforce held its first meeting on April 9. I filed an OPRA request for Taskforce documents on April 14. On the legal due date, April 22, DEP posted … Continue reading

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DEP seeks cover on Fast Track – confirms stream buffer weakening

“Worse than Whitman” Jeff Tittel, Sierra Club. Bill WolfeAvoiding landmines – Governor Corzine confers with DEP Commissioner Jackson prior to his remarks to NJEF conference. Yesterday, at the 22nd Annual NJ Environmental Federation Conference held at Rutgers Law School in … Continue reading

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