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Seeing Great Owls in Brooklyn & ManhattanFebruary 3, 2012 »
Dupont’s Partial Cleanup Exposed by New DataSurprise! Surprise!
The Bergen Record reports that new EPA data show that the Dupont polluted Acid Brook – previously certified as cleaned up by Dupont and NJ DEP – is still polluted by lead, mercury, and TCE and that those pollutants are flowing into Pompton Lake, see:
Contamination returns to brook at DuPont’s Pompton Lakes site
POMPTON LAKES [...]Read original article
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Of Zambonis and GroundhogsThe first bill released under the leadership of the new Chair of the Assembly Environment Committee would regulate hockey rinks and Zamboni emissions (see A186).
Not exactly a major threat.
I was tempted to do a YESMEN stunt, and request the following amendments:
1) link it to DHSS School/Day care center indoor air program so as to be [...]Read original article
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The Coldest Month of the Year, HA!Thursday, February 2, 2012 The first day of February, and it was 64 degrees! Yesterday, January, 31, the high temperature was in the mid 50s. If this is the prime weather season, then I can't wait to see what spring will be like. Read more » »
Does This Superfund Site Look Ready for Redevelopment?Premature to Expect Redevelopment When Full Cleanup Is Years Away
[Update: 2/3/12
I don't want to create the misimpression that EPA screwed up this site.
DEP asked EPA to get involved and to list the site under Superfund.
Specialty Paper was required to cleanup the site under NJ State laws immediately after it shut down operations.
DEP failed to enforce [...]Read original article
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Forest “Harvest” and State Land Value Bills Heard Today[Update 1/31/12 - Tom Johnson NJ Spotlight writes the story: Trying to Set a Fair Price for Private Use of Public Lands - Conservationists dismiss DEP's flat fee as far too low
Environmentalists questioned whether the state would still be undervaluing land if the proposed 15 cents per square foot is adopted by the administration.
Bill Wolfe, executive [...]Read original article
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The Mendacity of the Mitigation ManipulatorsPowerline Through the Watergap Would Be an “Obamanation”
Here’s four cogent quotes on the proposed $30 million mitigation proposal by power companies to justify destruction of core values of Delaware Watergap National Recreation Area; the Appalachian National Scenic Trail; and the Wild and Scenic Delaware River:
“It is not the role of the National Park Service to [...]Read original article
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The Bird with the Yellow-Orange BillMonday, January 30, 2012 After a rainy Friday with high temperatures close to 60 degrees, the skies cleared up beautifully for the last Saturday in January. Air temperatures were in the upper 40s and the ocean was glistening like diamonds in the sunlight. What a spectacular, sunny day! »
NJ Shuts Down River Herring FisheryDEP Lacks Funds to Collect Data – Blame Craven Fisherman Politics
Proponents of a saltwater fishing fee over the past several years had argued it was needed as a way to raise money for just such research, but the state decided instead to create a saltwater fishing registry with no fee. (AC Press 1/28/12)
Kirk Moore of [...]Read original article
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Ken Lockwood Gorge in WinterLast Sunday (1/22/12), on a brilliant crisp morning I got out to Ken Lockwood Gorge. With snow scarce and gone after just two days, it was special. I walked the Gorge and returned on the Columbia Trail. Great loop. Some views:Read original article
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