Monthly Archives: June 2014

Extent of South Jersey PFC Contaminated Drinking Water Expands – Residential Wells Poisoned

DEP Downplays Health Risks DEP Slow Walking Development of Drinking Water MCL Standards for PFC’s Polluter Refuses to Disclose Well Testing Data Ragonese accused the DRN of trying to “scare the heck out of people” by warning of the dangers … Continue reading

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Front Porch Flashback: “Late for the Sky”

  Sitting on the front porch just now, just after sunset, and had a flashback . Listen to the full album “Late for the Sky” (Jackson Brown, 1974)

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DEP Can’t Stop Lying About Fenimore Landfill Issues

Drake’s Brook is Legally Listed by DEP as “Impaired” Will NJ reporters hold DEP accountable? In a June 25, 2014 article in the prestigious national technical publication “Engineering News Record” (ENR), the DEP press office dismissed PEER criticisms about denying … Continue reading

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EPA Obfuscates and Evades Responsibility for Controversial Dupont Vapor Intrusion Decision

“THE WIZARD OF OZ HAS SPOKEN!” As I’ve written, the Dupont corporation has petitioned US EPA Region 2 to amend their RCRA Corrective Action cleanup permit at the Pompton Lakes site to raise the vapor intrusion screening levels. The Dupont … Continue reading

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Rutgers Climate Report Gives Christie Policy a Pass

NJ Spotlight Reports that, from the spectacular grounds of the Duke Estate, the “NJ Climate Adaptation Alliance”, a handful of the usual suspects funded from the same elite and out of touch private Foundations – just released a major climate … Continue reading

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