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Despite Record Breaking Heat, Murphy DEP Quietly Delays Extreme Heat Action Plan

Despite the spin, measures to mitigate extreme heat will be delayed another year In February 2023, to much fanfare and self promotional press releases, the Murphy Administration presented its Climate Resilience planning strategy adopted under Gov. Murphy’s Executive Order #89. … Continue reading

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Legislators Urged To Conduct Oversight On Whatever Became Of DEP’s Drinking Water “Treatment Based Approach” To Remove Hundreds Of Unregulated Chemicals

People Unknowingly Drinking Hundreds of Unregulated Chemicals  DEP Admitted Flaws And Proposed A Far More Protective Alternative Over A Decade Ago DEP is allowing politically powerful corporations to block much needed reforms Last week, I filed a petition for rulemaking … Continue reading

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A Labor Day Weekend In America

[Updates below] Chris Hedges has a powerfully moving and meaningful column today – I particularly liked the allusion to Hayek’s  “Road To Serfdom“, the ideological origin of our current Neoliberal Nightmare – – so please read the whole thing: Our Collective … Continue reading

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Petition For Rulemaking Submitted To Force The Murphy DEP To Upgrade Protections For Drinking Water In Light Of Widespread Chemical Contamination By Unregulated Chemicals

New US EPA Testing Data Shows Significant Exposure To Unregulated Chemicals  DEP Ignored Its Own Scientists’ Recommendation To Mandate Treatment To Remove Unregulated Chemicals “The current approach to drinking water protection is focused on a detailed assessment of each individual … Continue reading

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High Tide Flooding Highlights The Need To Plan For Strategic Retreat NOW!

Murphy DEP Coastal Management Program And Climate Adaptation Strategy Are Inadequate Climate Chaos Or Planning – That’s The Choice NJ Spotlight reporter Jon Hurdle gave the NJ DEP another huge pass today in a story on coastal high tide flooding, … Continue reading

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