Monthly Archives: June 2025

Trump EPA Accepts Petition Challenging DEP Air Permit To Newark Power Plant

EPA Decision is “Pending” Environmental Justice, Energy, And Renewable Power Issues At Stake On May 27, 2025, I filed a Title V Petition to challenge the NJ DEP issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V permit to the Passaic … Continue reading

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Announcing The “Dirty Hands” Doctrine

Trump’s New Due Process Amounts To “Yelling At The Jailers” A New History – A New Tradition When a Supreme Court dissent begins like this, you know you’re in for a ride: In matters of life and death, it is … Continue reading

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Biggest Cut To Murphy DEP’s Budget Is For Urban Parks

The Murphy DEP just threw DEI, environmental justice, and climate programs under the Trump bus (see yesterday’s post). Governor Murphy and his DEP Commissioner LaTourette have repeatedly touted their commitments to both climate and environmental justice. In no DEP program … Continue reading

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DRBC And The Murphy DEP Throw Climate And DEI Programs Under the Trump Bus

Cowardly Cave To Trump Threats To Withhold Federal Funds Capitulation Invites Across the Board Cuts In Federal Funds For NJ In a case with huge implications for future federal funding of NJ’s climate and “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI) programs, … Continue reading

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Climate Chaos Before The Court: EPA and Even California Abandoned The Regulatory Stick – Claim That Free Market Rules

EPA and California Claim That The Market Is Better Than Regulatory Mandates On Friday (June 20), the US Supreme Court issued another pro-fossil fuels decision in an industry challenge to EPA and California climate regulations – in this case the … Continue reading

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