Category Archives: Policy watch

DEP Takes Polluters “At their Word” – EPA Audit Rips State Programs

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Bill Wolfe

  Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) broke the story that a recent EPA audit of NJ DEP environmental programs ripped DEP’s continuing poor performance and lack of effective oversight of polluters. We thank our friends in DEP for outing this … Continue reading →

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“WolfeNotes” blog launched – We aim to hold corporate polluters and government accountable

Posted on August 31, 2009 by

*** Apologies – NJ.Com took down ALL the photos, which were originally published on my “NJ Voices” column at NJ.Com. I was able to save the text, but not the photos. What assholes. Below is the post that got my … Continue reading →

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New national mercury research confirms NJ’s experience – another nail in coal’s coffin?

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Bill Wolfe

Think coal: Global warming. Mountaintop removal. Sludge impoundment blowouts. Poisoned waterways. Acid rain. Smog. Unsafe mines. Exploited workers. Devastated communities. The most recent nail in coal’s coffin? An important new study by the US Geological Survey was released this week. … Continue reading →

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Legal Corruption – Senator Sarlo Shills for Builders

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Bill Wolfe

The latest corruption scandal in NJ has received widespread press coverage and calls for reform. Importantly, for the first time, corruption has been linked to its impacts on the environment (see: Bergen Record: Builders call the shots; and DEP E-Mails follow lawmakers request; … Continue reading →

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Mulshine Disembowels McKeon

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Bill Wolfe

disembowel : disemˆbowel| verb ( -boweled , -boweling ; Brit. -bowelled, -bowelling) [ trans. ] cut open and remove the internal organs of. Conservative Star Ledger columnist Paul Mulshine gets it right – like a stopped clock tells the correct time … Continue reading →

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