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SierraActivist.org Headline News - February 17, 2004
Quote of the Day...
"What Campbell is doing is the right thing to show what's wrong with the
plant. Adding conditions and asking them to fix the plant, we hope it all
adds up to where they (AmerGen Energy Co., the plant's owner) say it's
better to close it."
--Jeff Tittel, Director of the Sierra Club's NJ Chapter.
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41044
TODAY...
The Good News...
DEP Still Focused On Protecting Water Quality Of Streams - The state
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) plans to pay particular
attention to protecting the quality of freshwater fisheries in the Highlands
region, home or headwaters to many of the state's cherished trout streams.
:: Star-Ledger - http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41042
National...
Green Groups Sue To Block Drilling In Alaska Reserve - Environmental groups
on Tuesday sued to block the Bush administration's current plan to open
million of acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to oil and
natural gas drilling because they want more protection for the area's
wildlife. :: Reuters - http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41047
Sierra Club May Seek Scalia Recusal In Cheney Case - The Sierra Club
environmental group said on Friday it was considering formally asking U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from a case involving
Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force. :: Reuters -
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=40995
Amtrak Chief: Bush Budget Plan Would Mean Shutdown - President Bush's
proposal to give Amtrak just over half of what it is seeking in federal
subsidies would shut the railroad down just as more passengers are taking
the train, Amtrak president David Gunn said yesterday. :: Philadelphia
Inquirer -
http:slashslashwww.philly.comslashmldslashinquirerslash2004slash02slash11slashnewsslashnationslash7923572.htm
Snowmobile Curbs Eased At Two Parks - U.S. District Judge Clarence Brimmer
in Wyoming issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday against Clinton-era
restrictions on the vehicles, which are popular with tourists but criticized
by environmentalists as air polluters and noisy. :: Philadelphia Inquirer -
http:slashslashwww.philly.comslashmldslashinquirerslash2004slash02slash12slashnewsslashnationslash7932647.htm
Frist, Daschle OK Fast Track For New, Cheaper Energy Bill - Senate leaders
have agreed to make quick work of a leaner energy bill that will cost less
than half of the version that stalled last year. :: Philadelphia Inquirer -
http:slashslashwww.philly.comslashmldslashinquirerslash2004slash02slash14slashnewsslashnationslash7951447.htm
States Fear Tough Trucking On Emissions Rules - What? Me worry? State air
pollution officials say yes. They have a serious case of nerves over whether
the nation's trucking industry is trying to delay an Environmental
Protection Agency rule that is supposed to clean up emissions from
diesel-fuel engines used in trucks and buses. :: Washington Post -
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41036
PA: Rendell's Environmental Agenda - Pennsylvania's assets wow prospective
businesses - on paper. Too often, however, people with capital to invest
change their minds when they come for that first visit. They're turned off
by mountains of waste coal, rusting steel mills, and streams running
acid-orange. :: Philadelphia Inquirer -
http:slashslashwww.philly.comslashmldslashinquirerslash2004slash02slash11slashnewsslasheditorialslash7923624.htm
FL: Measure Aimed At Protecting Gun Ranges Advances In State Senate - Gun
ranges would be immune from existing lawsuits brought by environmental
regulators and cleanup costs would be shifted to the state under a proposal
that moved forward in the Senate Monday. :: Associated Press -
http:slashslashwww.theledger.comslashappsslashpbcs.dllslasharticle?AID=slash20040216slashAPNslash402160841
PA: Chemicals In Wells Show Lack Of Oversight - Below Southeastern
Pennsylvania, much of the groundwater is polluted with toxic chemicals, the
legacy of industrial waste. One of the most frequent contaminants is
trichloroethylene, or TCE, a metal degreaser linked to increased risk of
leukemia and liver cancer. :: Philadelphia Inquirer -
http:slashslashwww.philly.comslashmldslashinquirerslashnewsslashlocalslash7968992.htm
New Jersey...
DEP Chief Questions Oyster Creek Safety - The Oyster Creek nuclear power
plant has serious problems with its aging equipment and evacuation plan, the
state's top environmental official said in comments that could affect
whether the facility is allowed to continue operating. :: Star-Ledger -
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41044 & Asbury Park Press -
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,905537,00.html
Officials: NJ Public Wells Vulnerable To Chemicals - Nearly half of New
Jersey's 6,100 public drinking water wells are highly susceptible to
contamination from volatile organic chemicals because of their proximity to
pollution, according to state officials. :: Asbury Park Press -
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,907295,00.html
Builders Fault Governor For Housing Crisis - Low-income and middle-income
New Jerseyans can't buy a home in the state if Gov. McGreevey continues to
restrict building and allow municipal zoning rules that do the same, the
executive director of the New Jersey Builders Association said yesterday. ::
Asbury Park Press - http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,905536,00.html
NJ Utilities Board Joins Sprawl Fight - Gov. McGreevey has found a new ally
in his war on sprawl: the state Board of Public Utilities. :: Philadelphia
Inquirer -
http:slashslashwww.philly.comslashmldslashinquirerslash2004slash02slash17slashnewsslashlocalslash7970156.htm
Chem Plant Security Plans Shouldn't Be Secret, Activists Say - Plans to
upgrade security at the International Matex Tank Terminal in Bayonne, the
Kuehne Chemical Co. in Kearny and other major chemical plants in New Jersey
continue to be hashed out behind closed doors with industry groups, despite
complaints from environmental activists and U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine,
D-Hoboken, business representatives confirmed this week. :: Newhouse News
Service - http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41031
Reported West Nile Cases In NJ Rose In 2003 - The number of New Jersey
residents infected with West Nile virus last year increased at least 33
percent from 2002, although figures for the southern part of the state
remained flat. :: The Press of Atlantic City -
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41041
Revived Forestry Panel To Review Practices In Pinelands - The state
Pinelands Commission is reviving its forestry advisory committee to look at
practices on public and private lands. Conservation groups say a growing
market for pine and pulpwood could bring back commercial lumber operations
after a lapse of decades. :: Asbury Park Press -
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,908543,00.html & The Press of Atlantic
City - http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41011
Sierra Club Opposing Privatization On Hook - A private developer is
continuing the search for investors to back a $75 million rehabilitation
project at Fort Hancock despite opposition from one of the state’s leading
environmental organizations. :: The Independent -
http:slashslashindependent.gmnews.comslashnewsslash2004slash0218slashFront_Pageslash055.html
Take Action...
**Support NJ Family Planning!
http:slashslashactionnetwork.orgslashcampaignslashnjplanning2
Each year in the United States, nearly 50 percent of all pregnancies and 30
percent of all births are unintended. Yet, less than half of all health
plans provide coverage for even one prescription contraceptive, and only 15
percent cover all five FDA-approved prescription contraceptives.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS...
Visit http:slashslashCalendar.SierraActivist.orgslash your guide to hundreds of events.
**Rutgers Enviro-Notes - February 2004
http:slashslashwww.rce.rutgers.eduslashenvironotesslash
You might be interested in a newsletter I have created to carry information
about environmental research and extension activity at Rutgers. I hope it
will help keep you in touch with our activities and possibly spur some
mutually beneficial collaborations. It will be updated monthly at the same
web address. I hope you find this useful and appreciate your comments. Any
items you have to contribute are welcome! Please pass it on to others who
you think would find it of interest. - Bruce Barbour
Events...
**Woodbury Energy Meeting - February 18
A meeting to inform residents about energy conservation will take place at 7
p.m., Feb. 18 in City Hall. The meeting will feature input from the state
Ratepayer Advocate's office on how to how to save money on energy bills. For
more information on energy conservation visit the state Ratepayer Advocate's
Web site at www.rpa.state.nj.us.
**Nature Conservancy Hosts 'Protecting New Jersey’s Pinelands' At Kay
Center - February 18
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=40814
Rebecca Free from The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey will give a
presentation on “Protecting New Jersey’s Pine Barrens.” The indoor
presentation will be held on Wednesday, February 18 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m at
the Kay Environmental Center in Chester. The program is free and open to the
public. For registration and information, contact Holly Muller at
973-300-0311, ext. 20.
**'Smudges Of Color' For School Age Children - February 19
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=40321
The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, located on Titus Mill Road
in Hopewell Township, is offering “Smudges of Color” for school age
children, ages 6 to 9, on Thursday, February 19th from 4:00 to 5:30 PM
**Birds of Winter - February 19
11:00am - 12:00am Kittatinny Valley State Park visitor center located 1 mile
north of Route 206 off Goodale Rd., in Andover Twp, NJ. Limit: 20
participants. For adults with children ages 9 - 12. Description: Start a new
hobby! Winter is a great time to begin bird watching. Learn the common
species without the confusion and discover the seasonal joys of the natural
year. Please dress warmly and bring binoculars. Pre-registration is
required. Call the park office at (973) 786-6445 to register or for more
information.
**NJ Audubon Course: Mammals Of The Northeast - February 20-22
http:slashslashwww.njaudubon.orgslashTools.NetslashWorkshopsslashWorkshopDetail.aspx?wt=IFFN&wk=
28
This workshop will provide an overview of northeastern land mammal
identification, ecology, and tracks and signs. It includes indoor sessions
with slides and other visuals; identification of tracks, scats and skulls;
detailed life histories of some of the more common mammals; and field time
to look for mammals and their signs.
**School Facilities And The Well-Being Of New Jersey’s Kids - February 20
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=40317
This workshop will explore the connection between healthy schools and
student performance. We will examine how healthy learning environments can
be incorporated in the State’s school construction program.
**Saddler’s Woods Tour - February 20
Where: Saddler’s Woods, Haddon Township When: 9:30am What: Maggi Downham of
the Newton Creek Watershed Association will host a winter tour of Saddler's
Woods, a 25.8 acre, old-growth forest fragment in the midst of urbanized
Camden County which provides a good example of what the landscape looked
like when European settlers arrived. Tour will meet in front of the Haddon
Township Branch Library on MacArthur Boulevard. Contact (856) 854-9321 for
more information.
**Sandy Hook Bird Walk - February 21
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41004
Have you ever seen a Snow Bunting? How about a Northern Harrier, a
Yellow-rumped Warbler or a Long-tailed Duck? These, and many other varieties
of birds, will be sought when the Monmouth County Audubon Society hosts a
bird walk on Sandy Hook on Saturday, February 21. This is a great
opportunity to shake off the stuffiness of winter, get some sunshine, and
enjoy the outdoors.
**Sierra Singles: Social Dinner & Dancing - February 27
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=40983
8:00 PM - The Triumph Brewing Co, 138 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ
(directions below) RSVP by Wednesday, February 25th to: Susan Schirmer:
soupys(AT)att.net 908-797-6725
**Sierra Singles: Duke Gardens Tour - February 29
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=40981
Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 12 Noon. You MUST make a reservation to attend
this event, since we are limited to 15 places. RSVP by Thursday, February
26th to: Susan Shirmer: soupys(AT)att.net 908-797-6725.
**Organic Gardening School - April 17
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41016
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey (NOFA-NJ), Cook
College, and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station present the
first Organic Gardening School, an all-day event at the Cook Campus Center,
New Brunswick.
**Fishermen's Flea Market - May 16
Sunday, May 16, join Alliance for a Living Ocean for their First Annual
Fishermen’s Flea Market from 9am to 3pm at Veteran’s Bicentennial Park in
Beach Haven. The Flea Market features all things new and used for fishermen,
including equipment, poles, tackle, boats, clothing, etc. Benefits Alliance
for a Living Ocean’s summer and year ‘round environmental education
programs. For more information call the Alliance at (609) 492-0222.
Add Your Event To Our Calendar:
http:slashslashcalendar.sierraactivist.orgslash
A GOOD READ...
**Scheer: Old MacDonald Had A Judge - AlterNet.org - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashwww.alternet.orgslashstory.html?StoryID=17863
Bizarre as it sounds, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia quacked like a
duck last week during his defensive denial that a duck-hunting trip with
Vice President Dick Cheney was improper. According to Scalia, the visit of
the two men to the private game reserve of a top oil executive was merely a
pleasant social engagement.
Today's Stories...
--->More Sprawl
**Recycler Seeks Site Near Historic Garden - Philadelphia Inquirer -
2slash11slash2004
http:slashslashwww.philly.comslashmldslashinquirerslash2004slash02slash11slashnewsslashlocalslash7923587.htm
It began two weeks ago as just another rumor. The word was that yet another
private businessman was looking to open a construction-waste plant just
steps away from Historic Bartram's Garden.
--->Activism
**Rival Factions Vie For Sierra Club Control - Associated Press - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=40989
A fierce battle is brewing over the future of the Sierra Club, and an
unlikely issue is at the center of the debate: immigration.
**The Green Group: Rutgers University Environmental Council - Rutgers
Enviro-Notes - February 2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41022
Chris Clarke reports the Rutgers University Environmental Council recently
held its first meeting of the New Year last week, as it entered its third
month of existence.
--->Agriculture
**Water Quality And Agriculture …Current Projects At NJAES - Rutgers
Enviro-Notes - February 2004
This 16 page document summarizes 32 projects being conducted by Experiment
Station personnel throughout the state. Editors Jack Rabin and Cindy Rovins
polled research and extension faculty to develop a timely synopsis of
on-going and recently completed projects affecting water quality and it's
relationship to agriculture. If you work or have an interest in this area,
be sure to take a look! Copies available from either Jack,
(Rabin(AT)aesop.rutgers.edu) or Cindy (Rovins(AT)aesop.rutgers.edu)
--->ATVs
**Stafford Group Fights For Off-Road Vehicle Park - The Press of Atlantic
City - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41009
Why would a dozen guys from Stafford with no prior development experience
think they could compete with large-scale companies for the right to develop
the township business park? The group, known as Stafford Township Area
Riders, or STAR, has one answer: There is a desperate need for an off-road
vehicle park in southern Ocean County.
--->Beach Replenishment
**DEP Allows Sand-Binding Product Test In Harvey Cedars - The Press of
Atlantic City - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41018
A Maryland-based scientist who claims he can solve beach-erosion by, in
simple terms, making sand stick together, may well get his chance to prove
his skeptics wrong.
--->Birds & Birding
**Conservation Group Seeks Volunteers To Assess Sea Birds' Health - Asbury
Park Press - 2slash13slash2004
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,906033,00.html
An international conservation group is seeking volunteers to help assess the
health -- and count the deaths -- of sea birds along the New Jersey coast.
**Bogged-Down Swans Get Ready To Migrate - Trenton Times - 2slash15slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41019
With a keen wit and quick tongue, naturalist Emile DeVito of the New Jersey
Conservation Foundation led more than 50 visitors to Whitesbog on a tour of
the bogs where during the winter the Arctic tundra swans make their home.
**Dozens Of Dead Snow Geese Dumped On Grand Ave. - The Press of Atlantic
City - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=40998
Although state officials had not investigated the dead geese by late
afternoon Monday, you could clearly see small holes in some of their bodies.
It seemed that they were shot elsewhere and dumped along Grand Avenue, which
becomes Pine Avenue in Egg Harbor Township.
--->Climate Change
**Are Greenhouse Gases Drying Africa's Dust Bowl? - Nature - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashwww.nature.comslashnsuslash040216slash040216-6.html
In Miami, traffic fumes aren't the only thing choking the air. Several times
each summer, health standards are breached because of dust blowing across
the ocean from Africa.
--->Dredging
**Stone Harbor Considers Lawsuit Over Dredge Spoils - The Press of Atlantic
City - 2slash12slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41007
Stone Harbor has filed a tort-claims notice preserving its right to sue the
township for as much as $1.5 million in damages allegedly caused during the
ongoing dredge-spoils battle between the two towns.
--->Endangered Species
**Zoo Director: Tigers Are Not Pregnant - Asbury Park Press - 2slash11slash2004
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,904939,00.html
Two tigers formerly owned by "Tiger Lady" Joan Byron-Marasek of Jackson are
not pregnant, as the executive director of a Texas animal sanctuary where
the felines now live said last month.
--->Energy
**Seeking Their Fortunes In Winds Of The West - Associated Press - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashseattlepi.nwsource.comslashbusinessslash160839_windenergy17.html
Ranchers hope to strike gold with the hottest new resource in the Northwest:
wind.
--->Flood Control
**Highlands Residents Discuss Flood Control Methods - Asbury Park Press -
2slash11slash2004
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,904793,00.html
Borough residents suggested pumps in local creeks and called for beach
replenishment as ways of dealing with increasing erosion and storm damage.
--->Forests & Trees
**Springdale Golf Club Cuts Tree Removal Plans - Trenton Times - 2slash13slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41029
The Springdale Golf Club, which last year proposed modifications to its
leased property that would have eliminated about 1,200 trees, has crafted a
revised proposal that reduces the number of trees to be cut down to about
210.
--->Genetic Engineering
**Supersize Your Child? - AlterNet.org - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashwww.alternet.orgslashstory.html?StoryID=17859
As genetic engineering becomes a reality we need to ask ourselves if we want
to set off an 'arms' race toward ever 'superior' children.
--->Green Living
**Pine Beach Mayor: River Towns, Unite - Asbury Park Press - 2slash12slash2004
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,905418,00.html
Since Jan. 1, Mayor Russell K. Corby has been on a crusade, of sorts. There
was an interview on a local cable public affairs program. There have been
drafts of letters, meetings, presentations and trips to Trenton, along with
correspondence with the Department of Environmental Protection.
--->Meadowlands
**Waterfront Park For Secaucus Is Set To Grow - Jersey Journal - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41034
The second phase of Mill Creek Park, a planned 71slash2-acre waterfront park
along the eastern bank of the Hackensack River, should be completed this
year.
--->Mining
**Quarry's License Renewal Delayed - Trenton Times - 2slash11slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41032
Approval of the Trap Rock stone quarry's license renewal was withheld this
week pending clarification of current zoning maps, which place a portion of
the operation on an 18-acre lot designated residential.
--->Nuclear
**Dover Joins Call For Oyster Creek Plant's Shutdown - Asbury Park Press -
2slash12slash2004
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,905492,00.html
Add Dover Township to the growing list of Ocean County municipalities
calling for the decommissioning of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in
Lacey.
**Oyster Creek Owner Channels Energy Into Public Relations Blitz - Asbury
Park Press - 2slash12slash2004
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,905756,00.html
OK, folks, the campaign has begun. Before it's over, you may think Oyster
Creek is an amusement park and not a nuclear threat to Ocean County. It's
all about impressions.
--->Ocean
**Park Service Has Ignored Its Own Leasing Rules At Fort Hancock - Asbury
Park Press - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,908737,00.html
Mary Lou Strong's inaccurate and apoplectic op-ed piece in the Jan. 29 Press
provided proof positive that my efforts to inform the public and the federal
government of defects and flaws in the National Park ServiceslashFort Hancock
procurement are succeeding.
--->Pesticides
**A Fungus Takes The Bite Out Of NJ Gypsy Moths - Star-Ledger - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=40996
New Jersey's annual spring battle with tree-destroying gypsy moths will be
at its lowest level since authorities first stood up to the invading bug
species unleashed in a scientific accident more than a century ago.
--->Petroleum Industry
**Risks Of Gas Terminal Are Debated - Los Angeles Times - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41002
Scientists are concerned about plans to store highly flammable liquefied
natural gas in densely populated areas such as Long Beach.
--->Solid Waste
**Builder Is To Seal Stafford Landfill, Develop Nearby Site - Asbury Park
Press - 2slash11slash2004
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,904952,00.html
Walters Homes, which has plans to build 500 homes here, plans to spend $20
million to cap the former municipal landfill in the Stafford Township
Business Park over the next three to five years.
**Recycling Firm Sold For $15.6M - Jersey Journal - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41035
North Bergen officials say they will be keeping careful watch over a Dell
Avenue trash recycling and transfer station now that a new owner has taken
over.
--->Superfund
**Superfund Sites Settlement OK'd - Trenton Times - 2slash12slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41021
State and federal environmental regulators have reached a $21.5 million
settlement with a Montgomery Township manufacturer alleged to have
contaminated groundwater at two sites in Somerset County, the state Attorney
General's office announced yesterday.
--->Toxics
**Cleanup Starts On Contaminated Magic Marker Site - Trenton Times -
2slash11slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41033
The long-awaited final cleanup of a polluted site in Trenton's West Ward has
begun, officials say. By April, the contaminated Magic Marker site on
Calhoun Street is expected to be clean enough for homes to be built there.
**Tests Reveal Polluted Wells In The Villas - The Press of Atlantic City -
2slash13slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41006
Testing of private wells in the Villas section has found a plume of
pollution from volatile organic chemicals, and a public water line will
probably have to be extended to the neighborhoods.
--->Trails
**Berkeley May Join Hike, Bike Trail - Asbury Park Press - 2slash12slash2004
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,905453,00.html
A 26-mile trail for cyclists and walkers could one day weave through
forests, over old wooden and concrete railroad trestles, and have
picturesque views of creeks and streams, while winding through seven Ocean
County municipalities.
--->Transportation
**V-8 Power Appealing To More Americans - Associated Press - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=40991
Environmentally friendly cars may be hip, but souped-up V-8 engines are
becoming more popular as Americans renew their love affair with horsepower.
**River Line Marketing Push Begins - Trenton Times - 2slash14slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41024
The River Line won't begin cruising between Trenton and Camden for another
month, but NJ Transit's plans to start its marketing campaign promoting the
light-rail system began yesterday, starting with a Web site and moving next
week to a mailing that will include cards offering a free ride on the line.
**Freeholders Vote To Hire Lobbyist To Press For Light Rail To Xanadu -
Jersey Journal - 2slash13slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41030
The debate over a light rail link from Hudson County to the proposed Xanadu
entertainment complex in the Meadowlands shifted from the freeholders' dais
to the public at Wednesday night's regular meeting, where residents and
other Hudson officials aired their opinions on how the rail extension would
impact their communities.
**Train Station Project Poised To Chug On - Trenton Times - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41017
The long-awaited renovation and expansion of the Trenton Train Station will
take a giant stride forward if a preliminary draft of NJ Transit's annual
spending, which includes $17.5 million for the station project, is
finalized.
**MOM Line Needs Push To Get it Untracked - Asbury Park Press - 2slash12slash2004
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,905753,00.html
Restoration of passenger rail service through inland Monmouth, Ocean and
Middlesex counties, currently undergoing a draft environmental impact study,
continues to be a goal of dedicated transportation advocates. The
environmental study is a prelude to federal funding. Although not expected
to be completed before the end of the year, reports are already circulating
that the study will contain no recommendations.
**Jimmie Leeds, Parkway Ramp At A Crossroads - The Press of Atlantic City -
2slash13slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41000
The New Jersey Highway Authority is proposing a major improvement project to
the parkway in the area that could have wider implications for the
intersection.
--->Wildlife
**PA: 'Right To Hunt' Advances - Philadelphia Inquirer - 2slash15slash2004
http:slashslashwww.philly.comslashmldslashinquirerslash2004slash02slash15slashnewsslashlocalslash7955359.htm
Sportsmen are flexing their political muscle around the country, changing
laws in state after state to protect against what they see as threats to
their heritage. Even in Pennsylvania - where the number of licensed hunters
is second only to Texas and sportsmen already carry clout in the
legislature - the constitution could soon carry a new guarantee: "Right of
the people to hunt and fish."
**Just-Ended Deer Hunt May Be The Last - Trenton times - 2slash15slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41028
Princeton Township's deer-management contractor wrapped up its fourth - and
possibly final - year of culling deer here overnight Friday.
**A De-Fence Against Deer - Star-Ledger - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41005
Along with 2,704 acres, about 1,000 deer and every imaginable indigenous and
invasive plant, Duke Farms in Hillsborough has another impressive feature:
it's becoming the landscape laboratory of New Jersey.
--->Editorials
**Cheney And Scalia - Philadelphia Inquirer - 2slash11slash2004
http:slashslashwww.philly.comslashmldslashinquirerslash2004slash02slash11slashnewsslasheditorialslash7923626.htm
Two old pals took a duck-hunting trip to Louisiana last month, and now one
of them is in the soup. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was the guest
of Vice President Dick Cheney - and American taxpayers - aboard Air Force
Two.
**Protection For A City's Water - New York Times - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41037
New York is among the few American cities enjoying high-quality unfiltered
drinking water, most of it from reservoirs in the Catskill-Delaware
watershed west of the Hudson River. Keeping things that way means protecting
the streams feeding the reservoirs from contamination, which in turn means
restraining commercial and residential development.
**Forget The WMDs ... Let's Ban MTBEs - The Advertiser-Tribune - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashwww.advertiser-tribune.comslasheditslashstoryslash0217202004_edtedit0217.asp
A lot of people are wasting a lot of breath complaining about the failure to
find weapons of mass destruction after the U.S. invasion of Iraq. If those
people really want something to wield against George W. Bush, they should be
talking about MTBEs. And they should be joined by Republicans and others who
normally support Bush.
**Mercury Rising - Boston Globe - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?sid=41001
A new, more accurate measure of mercury levels in newborns has doubled the
Environmental Protection Agency's estimate of how many might have dangerous
amounts of the toxin in their bodies. The new data strengthen the case for
requiring coal-burning power plants and manufacturers to reduce sharply the
amount of mercury in their emissions.
**Toward Greener 4x4s - Boulder Daily Camera - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashwww.bouldernews.comslashbdcslasheditorialsslasharticleslash0,1713,BDC_2489_2659493,00
.html
American consumers will burn as much gas as they darn well please, thank
you. Non-renewable resources and greenhouse gases don't seem to influence
their vehicle purchases.
**NJ Transportation In Need - Philadelphia Inquirer - 2slash14slash2004
http:slashslashwww.philly.comslashmldslashinquirerslash2004slash02slash14slashnewsslasheditorialslash7951437.htm
A week ago, New Jersey had a transportation crisis. Vital road improvements
were being postponed; construction workers feared layoffs; potholes looked
permanent. Towns and unions were nervous. Now, everybody's happy.
**Bartram's Garden - Philadelphia Inquirer - 2slash12slash2004
http:slashslashwww.philly.comslashmldslashinquirerslash2004slash02slash12slashnewsslasheditorialslash7932657.htm
For the third time in four years, there's an attempt to rev up a
construction waste recyling business near the park's edge. That means
incoming trucks loaded with construction waste, noise and dust.
**Trail Into The Past - Asbury Park Press - 2slash17slash2004
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,908286,00.html
Berkeley can provide the final link for cyclists, walkers and history buffs
to enjoy the Crossley Trail, a 26-mile trail into the past. Once the
Township Council approves the township's five-mile stretch, the trail should
become an oasis for people who like to mix exercise, nature and history.
**Windmills Deep-Sixed - Asbury Park Press - 2slash12slash2004
http:slashslashwww.app.comslashappslashstoryslash0,21625,905247,00.html
The proposal to build two 400-foot research towers in the ocean and
eventually windmill farms off Monmouth County is a bad idea -- bad for
fishermen and migratory birds and bad for aesthetics. Fortunately, state
environmental officials know a bad idea when they see one, and they told the
Bald Eagle Power Co. of New York to look elsewhere.
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READER'S COMMENTS...
**Re: Regulators Scrutinize Non-Party Spending
by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?thold=0&mode=flat&order=1&sid=40968#68
1
Are the regulators also scrutinizing the "charities" formed by DeLay (I
think) to give funds to Republicans? I hear these "charities" are under
investigation for illegalities. At the very least, their non-profit status
will probably be deleted.
**Re: Counties Back Highlands Development Restrictions
by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?thold=0&mode=flat&order=1&sid=40969#68
0
When it comes to saying "no" to development, Home Rule is broken all across
the state. Even in the Pinelands where all the municipalities have certified
to comply with the plan, the "no to development buck" is quite often passed
back to the Pinelands Commission, which has to "call up" the municipal
approval for review and possible denial by a Commission vote. There is often
a conspiracy between the developers "profesionals" and the municipalities
"professionals" in the preliminary meetings to figure out how to get around
the rules to facilitate the best advantage for the development. Quite often
the ever changing politicians and voluntary planning boards do not have a
working knowledge of the detailed rules, and are totally reliant on their
professionals. Given this tendency for local incompetance, Home Rule will
never save the Highlands as a region.
**Re: Bike Path's Route Is Questioned
by Anonymous on Friday, February 13
http:slashslashsierraactivist.orgslasharticle.php?thold=0&mode=flat&order=1&sid=27284#67
7
Lisa Coryell misquoted me in the above article. The Trenton Times also
refused to run a correction, so perhaps this will offer a belated
opportunity to correct the mistake.
The quote in question:
"Gange said if the path ran further down Elm Ridge Road and connected to the
park via another tract of farmland, he and his neighbors would be happier. "
A little way down Elm Ridge Road from my farm is a large tract of
undeveloped Mercer County Park land. Parkland not farmland. Got it? Lisa
makes it sound like I want to wreck someone else's farm. What I suggested
was that park land already owned by the county be used for the trail.
I, and my neighbors, expressed preliminary willingness to have the trail run
along Elm Ridge Road at the front of our properties.
This may all be moot since the proposed route appears to have changed.
David Gange
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