Category Archives: Law & order

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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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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The Third set up story on today’s EPA Passaic Cleanup Plan

The THIRD fact free set up story in today’s Ledger on EPA’s “cleanup plan” for the dioxin laced Passaic River prompts me to repost the below (in which I took exception to the SECOND story.) See: Feds are expected to … Continue reading

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Spin detection meter pinned on Passaic River cleanup story

The Star Ledger reports today – the second story actually – that EPA plans to announce a cleanup plan for the Passaic River on Monday. ‘Hotspots’ targeted in first phase of Passaic River cleanup http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/passaic_river_to_get_a_cleanup.html Two Star Ledger set up … Continue reading

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This is illegal shoddy work – where is DEP enforcement?

Contaminated soils poison community and the Hackensack River Bill Wolfe What are tarps for? THis is what happens when there is little DEP oversight and no enforcement. Yet instead of increasing oversight and strenghening enforcement of our toxic site cleanup … Continue reading

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