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DEP’s Jackson lobbying for privatization and Fast Track

“There will be no Fast Tracking” Jon Corzine 4/5/08 – remarks at NJEF Annual Conference. Bill WolfeDEP Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson. [Update #1: at 1:30 pm today, I received a call from Assembly Majority Office to advise that Tuesday’s hearing … Continue reading

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

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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“Beyond Vietnam – A Time to Break Silence”

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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How the Other Half Schools

“Long ago it was said that “one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.” That was true then. It did not know because it did not care.” Jacob Riis [1890] *** Apologies – NJ.Com took … Continue reading

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