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To celebrate, the NJ Sierra Club has issued their annual report card on the Highlands, and it’s not looking too good. Here’s their press release: For Immediate Release August 9, 2013 Contact Jeff Tittel, 609-656-7612 NJ Sierra Club Highlands Report Card F Grade Weakenings and Rollbacks Continue Under Gov. Christie and Current Council This weekend […] “…the river is a toxic disgrace that needs to be cleaned up. ‘It’s government at its worst,’ she said.” — New York Times, July 12, 2009 Ella Filippone(1935-2013) I’m going to get right to the point here. That’s how Ella would have wanted it. Ella Filippone was one tough broad, not afraid to […] “We are all co-owners of some of the most moving places on Earth, and while much of that emotion is born in the spectacular scenery we are seeing there, it also finds its source in us and our love and connection to each other.” – Ken Burns When I saw this article and video this […] Photo courtesy Bill Wolfe ©2012 The National Park Service (NPS) is expected to announce its “preferred alternative” for the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line by the end of March. The transmission line which runs across the Delaware River and Appalachian Trail and through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is slated for a major […] Special Guest Commentary By William Honachefsky Sr., P.L.S., P.P., QEP The intensity at which the State’s legislators and Governor’s office seem driven to destroy (See especially Senate Bill S3156 and Assembly Bill A4335) or at the least emasculate, 41 years of the State’s hard won environmental protection laws, rules and regulations is not only unsettling, […] |