Zeitz vs. Smith: Smith voted against Clean Water
Chris Smith says that he wants to run on his record in Congress. Unfortunately, there are parts of his record that voters may find less than appealing, namely his vote against clean water. In 2005,...
View Article100th Anniversary of Water Chlorination
(Re-posted from Huffington Post) I became an environmental activist in the early 1970s just as I was completing my doctorate in ecology at the University of British Columbia. It was the height of the...
View ArticleWhat the Frack?
How would you like it if your neighbor dumped the waste from his septic tank into your back yard? Well, that's what Christie's Cronies are proposing to let happen in New Jersey, and some legislators...
View Article“Celebrating” the Six Month Anniversary of Governor Christie’s Paean to the...
If Governor Christie gets his way, New Jersey's water will soon contain toxic and radioactive materials. That's because he vetoed a bill that would prohibit the transport and storage of waste water...
View ArticleRemembering Ella Filippone
“…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, 2009I’m going to get right to the point here. That’s how Ella would...
View ArticleWhy Does @GovChristie Hate @MMsChocolate and @ManischewitzCo Matzo?
When we think of water quality in New Jersey, we usually focus on clean drinking water for residents of the state. But clean water is also the fuel that drives important industries in the state like...
View ArticleHarming New Jersey One Drop at a Time
There is no doubt that the water crisis in Flint, Michigan was the doing of an incompetent and mean-spirited GOP governor trying to save a few dollars on the backs of a minority community. But that’s...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Trump Era Top 5?
I’ve been thinking about that scene in Forrest Gump when he runs back and forth across the country for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours. He gains a following. People find purpose in what he’s...
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