Category Archives: Law & order

Trust Us – We’re Experts

Posted on March 23, 2009 by

B “Trust us, We’re Experts” is the title of a 2001 book that exposed chemical industry propaganda campaigns to promote absurd ideas – hilarious notions like toxic heavy metal laden sewage sludge is good fertilizer. So, I recalled that book … Continue reading →

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Protecting the Shore – Partial Response to Medical Waste Washups

Posted on March 18, 2009 by

NJ bill would increase medical waste fines – but lacks funding Atlantic Highlands, NJ – Bill Wolfe talks about medical waste beach washups and the need to increase resources for enforcement of environmental laws, including the Medical Waste Management Act. … Continue reading →

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Politics versus science

Posted on January 25, 2009 by

The US Senate confirmation of former NJ Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa Jackson as US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator brought out sharply conflicting views with respect to the relative roles of science and politics in her leadership style and … Continue reading →

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Democratic Collapse

Posted on January 1, 2009 by

We start the New Year with a bang – Here’s an excerpt of a devastating Keynote address earlier this year by Chris Hedges, Pulitzer prize winning former NY Times reporter – “Franklin Delano Roosevelt on April 29, 1938, sen[t] a … Continue reading →

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Environment and Media – The Year in Review

Posted on December 27, 2008 by

It is a sad fact that New Jersey newspapers continue to downsize and fail to cover important environmental news, especially policy stories out of Trenton. The few issues they do cover reflect constraints imposed by news deadlines or space limits … Continue reading →