Category Archives: Politics

Meet me at the Hilton

Posted on June 17, 2008 by

There is mounting evidence and a raft of policy literature that find that rising corporate power is the driving force behind a range of economic and social problems. Increasingly insecure jobs, lack of health care, a declining middle class, environmental … Continue reading →

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Que sera, sera

Posted on June 16, 2008 by

After 2 years of a “Stakeholder process” and almost a dozen legislative oversight hearings in response to highly publicized botched cleanups, today DEP Assistant Commissioner Kropp presented the long awaited DEP toxic site cleanup reform bill, S1897 (link to bill: … Continue reading →

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Encap reforms? Relax, they’re working on it!

Posted on June 16, 2008 by

The Bergen Record reported Sunday that the Legislature – despite rubber stamping proposed legislation to renew the ability of the NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to issue another $500 million in bonds – is diligently working on reforms to prevent a … Continue reading →

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Weiner: Schools won’t wastefully spend anymore

Posted on June 16, 2008 by

We recently called out Scott Weiner, head of the NJ School Development Authority – challenging Weiner to stop wasting taxpayer money and putting children needlessly at risk by building schools on toxic waste sites: (see:Calling Out Scott Weiner on school … Continue reading →

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“You’re Doing a Heck of a Job, Brownie”

Posted on June 13, 2008 by

We recently established awards for comparing profiles in courage in environmental protection with lapses of cowardice (see: Testicular fortitude versus gonadal atrophy http://blog.nj.com/njv_bill_wolfe/ In a similar vein, today, we expand that approach to the quality of our environmental journalism – … Continue reading →

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