Monthly Archives: June 2019

Murphy DEP Just Adopted The Same Electric Power Plant Pollution Standards As Trump Repeal of Obama EPA Clean Power Plan

Exactly Like Trump EPA Rollback, Murphy DEP Rule Ignores CO2 Emissions Exactly Like Trump EPA Rollback, Murphy DEP Rule Based Exclusively On Efficiency Trump EPA “Heat Rate Improvement” (HRI) Same Technical Efficiency Measure as DEP This is remarkable hypocrisy The … Continue reading

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The Credibility Of Those Who Exaggerated Costs Of Off Shore Wind Is Shot

As a preface to this post, I must note that for philosophical and analytical reasons, I reject the dominant role of economics and reliance on markets in public policy decisions, particularly on energy and climate issues. Morally, we have no … Continue reading

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One Reason To Be Thankful That NJ Has No National Forests

US Forest Service Study Led To Highlands Act, But Not National Forest Designation US Forest Service “Forest Health” Program A Pretext For Logging USFS and NJ DEP ignore climate change in forest management Although the NJ Highlands were mapped by … Continue reading

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Local Government Zoning Decisions Are Gutting Federal US EPA and NJ DEP State Toxic Site Cleanup Laws

DEP and EPA cleanup standards are based on local land use planning and zoning Ringwood Ford and Pompton Lakes Dupont Toxic Sites Latest Examples of Abuse A new corrupt tactic in the chemical industry driven strategy to weaken NJ’s toxic … Continue reading

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Our Morning Walk – Ophir, Colorado

No words, just photos, just after sunrise on June 16, the day after an extreme hailstorm, from Ophir, Colorado (and isn’t that the coolest post office?)

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