I Think They Got Their Money’s Worth
It’s that time of year again – just filing the NJ PEER annual Report for a tiny – and I mean tiny – grant from a NJ based funder. It amounts to about $20 per day – not per hour, per day! That’s a little over $1 per hour.
I rarely blow my own horn, but foundation grant money is getting extremely scarce, and curiously, other far less effective groups are getting fat. So below is just the main stream media we drove, submitted as part of this year’s Final Report. And these are not cheap sound bite media or generated by trolling press row, but based on and reflective of the substantive policy expertise, analysis, and advocacy we bring.
(and this list does NOT include: 1) the actual work we conducted across the state, 2) the legislative and regulatory testimony, 3) the PEER press releases, 4) the TV and radio interviews, 5) a major upcoming investigative documentary we worked on (to be broadcast nationally late summer) 6) the hundreds of posts here at Wolfenotes read by thousands of people, and 6) the thousands of emails and phone calls).
So, if there’s a funder out there who’s looking to fund an effective group, give us a call. We’re hungry, and we produce.
EXPANDED ROLE FOR INDUSTRY DOESN’T HOLD WATER WITH ENVIRONMENTALISTS
NJ BILL COULD CHANGE REGULATION OF DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANTS
RUSH TO REBUILD COULD BE COSTLY
http://www.peer.org/news/press-clips/2012/12/20/rush-to-rebuild-could-be-costly/
U.S. EPA COMMITS TO MORE DREDGING AT POMPTON LAKE
http://www.peer.org/news/press-clips/2012/12/20/u.s.-epa-commits-to-more-dredging-at-pompton-lake/
GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG GROUP SEEKS EPA IG SCRUTINY OF RAIL SPILLS
SOME RESPONDERS SAY GLOUCESTER COUNTY WAS UNPREPARED FOR PAULSBORO CHEMICAL EMERGENCY
SWEENEY: PAULSBORO TRAIN DERAILMENT SITE COMMUNICATION GETS ‘F’ FOR FRUSTRATION
JERSEY SHORE DEVELOPMENT FAILURES EXPOSED BY HURRICANE SANDY
CRITICS: CHRISTIE DEEP-SIXED CLIMATE CHANGE PREP
http://www.peer.org/news/press-clips/2012/12/11/critics-christie-deep-sixed-climate-change-prep/
ADMINISTRATION FAILS TO PUSH REVISED STATE PLAN THROUGH AT CONTENTIOUS HEARING
HURRICANE SANDY DAMAGE AMPLIFIED BY BREAKNECK DEVELOPMENT OF COAST
GOVERNMENT REBUILDS WITH LITTLE REGARD FOR NEXT STORM
STATE AGENCY WAIVES ENVIRONMENTAL RULES TO SPEED REBUILDING AFTER STORM
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP GATHERING SIGNATURES TO FIGHT BULL’S ISLAND TREE REMOVAL
STATE MANAGEMENT PLAN TO DECIDE FATE OF CENTURIES-OLD TREES AT BULL’S ISLAND STATE PARK, WHERE FALLING TREE KILLED CAMPER
NOVARTIS AND MAYOR SPAR OVER SUPERFUND SITE
http://www.peer.org/news/press-clips/2012/09/14/novartis-and-mayor-spar-over-superfund-site/
DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL COMMISSION ASKED TO DENY BULL’S ISLAND PLAN
B.L. ENGLAND GENERATING STATION’S PLANS TO SWITCH TO NATURAL GAS WILL TAKE PLENTY OF TIME, EFFORT AND MONEY
EPA MUST FORCE THE DEP’S HAND
http://www.peer.org/news/press-clips/2012/08/17/epa-must-forcethe-dep%27s-hand/
CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION HAS YET TO DO ENOUGH TO STEM BARNEGAT BAY POLLUTION
NEW RESEARCH SHOWS BARNEGAT BAY COULD BE DECLARED LEGALLY ‘IMPAIRED’
MARK IN THE MORNING: N.J. FULL OF NATURAL RESOURCES, HISTORY THAT ARE WORTH PRESERVING
COMMUNITY GROUPS TO URGE GOV. CHRISTIE TO NOMINATE THE POMPTON LAKES DUPONT SITE AS A FEDERAL SUPERFUND SITE
FEDS TO OK DUPONT’S CLEANUP PLAN
http://www.peer.org/news/press-clips/2012/08/01/feds-to-ok-dupont%27s-cleanup-plan/
SCIENTISTS RAISE ALARM AS STATE CONSIDERS DROPPING PARTS OF BARNEGAT BAY FROM POLLUTION LIST
BARNEGAT BAY: NO NEED FOR SPECIAL CLEANUP SAYS STATE
DESPAIR OVER ‘IMPAIRED’ LIST
http://www.peer.org/news/press-clips/2012/07/27/despair-over-%27impaired%27-list/
AMBITIOUS PROGRGAM TO REDUCE DIESEL POLLUTION RACKS UP ONE RETROFIT
B.L. ENGLAND POWER PLANT CONVERSION TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCE EMISSIONS OVER FOUR YEARS
EPA TO LOOK INTO N.J. DEP CHIEF’S CANCELLATION OF $429K FINE FOR PARSIPPANY TREATMENT PLANT
EPA OK WITH N.J. POLLUTION POLICING
http://www.peer.org/news/press-clips/2012/06/14/epa-ok-with-n.j.-pollution-policing/
DEP CUT $430,000 PARSIPPANY FINE TO $0
http://www.peer.org/news/press-clips/2012/06/13/dep-cut-$430,000-parsippany-fine-to-$0/
NJ TOWN IN FEAR OVER 30 YEAR OLD TOXIC MESS
http://www.peer.org/news/press-clips/2012/06/11/nj-town-in-fear-over-30-year-old-toxic-mess/
NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY DEVASTATED BY CONTAMINATED WATER
NJ ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION AND CHRISTIE — A RELATIONSHIP ON THE ROCKS
N.J. ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION: ‘D’ ON CHRISTIE POLICIES