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Experts and Advocates: Pollution from Ports A High Cancer Risk to Urban NJ

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Bill Wolfe

Clean Air Council Hearing spotlights lack of pollution controls in NJ – State Urged to do more to regulate powerful port interests Diesel fumes called NJ’s “greatest cancer risk” http://www.northjersey.com/news/northernnj/Diesel_fumes_called_NJ_greatest_cancer_risk.html [See our Jan 18 post: In Harm’s way http://blog.nj.com/njv_bill_wolfe/2008/01/what_they_dont_want_you_to_see.html Bill … Continue reading →

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Corzine Toxic Site Cleanup Reforms Leaked

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Bill Wolfe

Bill WolfeDEP Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson briefs Governor Corzine. A Joint Joint Senate and Assembly Committee will conduct a hearing on April 15th concerning much needed reforms to NJ’s toxic site cleanup program. The hearing is in response to a … Continue reading →

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Corzine DEP Task Force to meet in secret – no ethics restrictions

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Bill Wolfe

Bill Wolfe [Update: 4/24/08 – The chronology reveals a minor victory. The Taskforce held its first meeting on April 9. I filed an OPRA request for Taskforce documents on April 14. On the legal due date, April 22, DEP posted … Continue reading →

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DEP seeks cover on Fast Track – confirms stream buffer weakening

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Bill Wolfe

“Worse than Whitman” Jeff Tittel, Sierra Club. Bill WolfeAvoiding landmines – Governor Corzine confers with DEP Commissioner Jackson prior to his remarks to NJEF conference. Yesterday, at the 22nd Annual NJ Environmental Federation Conference held at Rutgers Law School in … Continue reading →

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“Beyond Vietnam – A Time to Break Silence”

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Bill Wolfe

Beyond Vietnam — A Time to Break Silence Martin Luther King, Jr. “…There is at the outset a very obvious and almost facile connection between the war in Vietnam and the struggle I, and others, have been waging in America. … Continue reading →

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