News roundup for Monday, Oct. 5
In the first televised gubernatorial debate, the candidates talked taxes, health care and education, and largely ignored the environment. (Jersey columnists called environmental favorite Chris Daggett the clear winner).
Big developers fight a little snake: the N.J. Builders Association is working to strike the northern pine snake from the state’s list of endangered and threatened species.
Environmental regulators are taking action against some e-waste companies accused of dumping toxic debris from discarded TV and computer monitors in developing countries.
PES&G regional public affairs manager says the company’s decision to move power lines near a Fredon school has nothing to do with electromagnetic fields.
Residents of a Camden housing development worry their children’s health problems may be caused or worsened by mold.
A $551 million rail project between Scranton, Pa. and Hoboken cleared a major environmental hurdle Friday.
A pedestrian was killed this weekend in a hit-and-run at 7 p.m. on Route 35 North in Wall.
Bill Wolfe takes issue with farmers he says are encroaching on protective stream buffers with cows that pollute and cause flooding.
October 5th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Too bad the Star Ledger didn’t cover the DEP decision on wood turtle habitat protections BEFORE it was made the way the just covered the Pine Snake debate. For the details on wood turtle habitat, see:
DEP Abandoned Wood Turtle Habitat Protections
http://wolfenotes.com/2009/09/dep-abandoned-wood-turtle-habitat-protections/
October 5th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
BTW, the West Amwell farmer encroachment in the C1 buffer is not a he said/she said kind of thing.
It is amply documented by photographs on the site as well as the regulatory documents.
You forgot to mentionb the POSEG clear cuting in the pwoer loinje right of way, which happens to coincide with portions of teh buffer.
Both activities are pooor land maangement prtactices.
The irony is that PSEG’s own transmission tower is threatened.