Category Archives: Policy watch

This Is Why DEP Will Not Deny The Newark Power Plant Air Permit

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Bill Wolfe

The Only Way Out Is For PVSC To Withdraw The Permit Application Expect The Long-standing DEP Shuffle: Delay It To Death I need to explain the reasons and implications of why DEP can’t deny the PVSC Newark power plant permit. … Continue reading →

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Time To Shut Down NJ’s Highly Polluting And Racist Garbage Incinerators

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Bill Wolfe

Garbage Incinerators Were Built In Low Income & Minority Communities  They Are Major Sources Of Greenhouse Gas And Hazardous Air Pollution There Are Cheaper And Greener Alternatives It’s way past time to shut down NJ’s aging fleet of highly polluting … Continue reading →

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Toxic Alternatives To Chemical PFAS Illustrates Failure Of TSCA “Reforms”

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Bill Wolfe

NJ’s US Senator Booker declared victory  Now that he’s running for President, will he be held accountable for failure? Bill Wolfe, director of the New Jersey office of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said not having Lautenberg in the Senate … Continue reading →

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Open Letter To The Highlands Coalition and Other Supporters of the “Forest Stewardship” Bill

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Bill Wolfe

DEP Rejection of Forest Stewardship Council Certification Guts Essential Safeguards Used To Garner Support One of the key principles that allowed many [conservation] groups to throw our support behind the bill was the concept of forest stewardship certification by the … Continue reading →

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Why Is It So Hard For NJ Media to Call Out Gov. Christie on Climate Change?

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Bill Wolfe

Christie May Not Be A Total Denier, But He Is A Radical Dismantler of Climate Change Programs [Updates below] Climate change is of  NO CONCERN to Gov. Christie and he’s said so himself and demonstrated that by his actions multiple times … Continue reading →

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