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“It is important that we find the polluters and that they pay for the cleanup.” — Congressman Rodney Freylinghuysen, September 16, 2013. Me (kneeling), Congressman Rodney Freylinghuysen, Mayor Jim Oscovitch, and Deputy Mayor Marie Raffay at the Mansfield Trail Dump Superfund Site Tour on September 16, 2013 Last Monday, September 16th, I had […] 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 […] Dear NJ Sierra Club, NJ Highlands Coalition and anyone else opposing the bad New Jersey Highlands Council nominees: Thank you for putting out your action alerts regarding the terrible nominations made by Governor Christie to the New Jersey Highlands Council. (See here and here if you have not already done so). I suggest anyone concerned […] Indian Point Nuclear power plant. Photo by Daniel Case. CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), via Wikimedia Commons Happy weekend, Highlanders! I had the opportunity to attend the 15th annual New Jersey Land Conservation Rally at Brookdale Community College last Saturday. Kudos to Rally coordinator Laura Szwak, the NJ Conservation Foundation and all who assisted in […] Highlanders: Time for one of my Weekend Edition rants. Please take special notice to Jeff Tittel’s OpEd, “Tea Party trashing NJ with anti-environmental agenda used by Gov. Christie” and “Maine Gov. LePage: Loosen rules on environment” and “Paul LePage, new Maine guv, takes aim at the environment” as they all point out a disturbing trend […] “We never entered [politics] believing that we were taking our lives in our hands…we’re feeding anger, hatred, and division for quite a while. Maybe it is time for elected officials and leaders in this country that have been feeding that disease to realize that there are consequences to it. I hope people stop and think […] |