Category Archives: Policy watch

On the Threshold of a Fracking Nightmare

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Bill Wolfe

Shamefully, NJ Governor Christie Backs the Frack Live hand-in-hand And together we’ll stand On the threshold of a dream.  ~~~  Moody Blues (1969) (read lyrics and listen to the music) [Update: 12/14/16 – It took over 6 years, but the results … 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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DEP Will Delist Threatened Cooper’s Hawk to Promote Development

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Bill Wolfe

[Update: 11/11/09 Ed Rodgers of NJN TV news did a great story last night, click here, runs from time 8:55 – 11:15 – end update ] At the recent NJ Business and Industry Association panel discussion, DEP Commissioner Mauriello made … Continue reading →

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New Toxic Daycare Exposes Loopholes in Corzine Reforms

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Bill Wolfe

Symbolically illustrating the importance of the issue, the very first piece of legislation Governor Jon Corzine signed in the year 2007, was the so called “Kiddie Kollege”  law (P.L. 2007, Chapter 1.). To much fanfare, in a January 11, 2007 … Continue reading →

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