Monthly Archives: August 2023

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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Murphy Administration Flood Buyout Policy In Manville, NJ Exposes Huge Flaws In DEP Flood Regulations

Department Of Community Affairs Rejection Of Elevation Of Homes Contradicts DEP Flood Regulations DCA Recognizes Climate Science – Takes Baby Step Towards Strategic Retreat Policy On July 17, 2023, the Murphy DEP adopted new flood rules. I strongly criticized those … Continue reading

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Murphy DEP Redacts The Types Of Cancers Suffered By Victims Of Toms River Former Ciba-Geigy Superfund Site In BASF Sweetheart Deal

This could be the grandmother of all redactions. I have never seen anything like this before in over 40 years of work on environmental issues. So I thought I’d post it immediately before I got through reading all the relevant … Continue reading

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Senator Booker Using Environmental Justice To Cover For Biden EPA Fold On Clean Air Standards

Walking Tour Of Elizabeth NJ Highlights Air Quality, Just Days After Biden EPA Folded On Ozone Standards I’ve long argued that distribution of patronage grants and various forms of identity politics – including environmental justice – are cynically used by … Continue reading

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Environmental Science or Political Science At DEP Science Advisory Board? The Facts Are In

Critics Vindicated About Industry Influence On NJ DEP Science Advisory Board I’ve been appalled by how over the last decades DEP has been pushed off course and effectively abandoned its original mission as a science based regulatory agency and been … Continue reading

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