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PoliticsNJ.com has released their "Power List 2004." The list identifies New
Jersey’s 100 most politically influential personalities. Jeff Tittel, NJ
Sierra's Executive Director, is the only enviro on this year's list. Check
it out at: http:--politicsnj.com-powerlist2004.htm.
Dennis
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SierraActivist.org Headline News - January 29, 2004
Quote of the Day...
"It's very clear worker safety would become completely unenforceable. It
turns completely on its head what Congress asked them to do."
--Tom Carpenter, with the Government Accountability Project, a nuclear
watchdog group.
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40337
TODAY...
The Good News...
$4.5 Billion Award Set For Spill Of Exxon Valdez - Fifteen years after the
Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into the Prince William
Sound in Alaska, a federal judge yesterday imposed punitive damages of $4.5
billion on the Exxon Mobil Corporation. With interest, the total punitive
award amounts to about $6.75 billion, according to lawyers for the 32,000
fishermen and residents who brought the suit in 1989. :: New York Times -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40339 & Anchorage Daily News -
http:--www.adn.com-front-story-4681371p-4634555c.html
National...
Federal Safety Rules At Nuclear Facilities May End - The Bush administration
is looking at waiving some government safety standards at federal nuclear
facilities if contractors don't like them — after Congress directed it to
start fining the contractors for violations. :: Associated Press -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40337
EPA Sues Kentucky Utility Over Pollution - The East Kentucky Power
Cooperative was sued yesterday by the Bush administration for making
modifications at coal-fired power plants without installing appropriate
pollution controls. :: The Courier-Journal -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40263
Bush Administration Moves To Weaken Pesticide Regulation - A Bush
administration proposal could put endangered species such as sea turtles and
salmon at greater risk by allowing the Environmental Protection Agency to
approve pesticide use without consulting with wildlife experts. ::
Earthjustice - http:--earthjustice.org-news-display.html?ID=769
Bush Seeks $760M For Forest Fires Plan - The Bush administration is asking
Congress for $760 million next year to remove more small trees and brush
from national forests as part of a plan officials say would reduce the risk
of wildfires. :: Associated Press -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40334
Bush Reputation On Environment Mixed - To environmentalists, George W. Bush
is the archenemy. But legions of others in business, government and everyday
life say Bush deserves an "A." He has brought common sense back into
environmental decision-making, and the nation's economy is better for it,
they say. :: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40325
Political Science: Bush Bending Research Standards To Fit Agenda - Americans
have great respect for the study of political science, but not when the
meaning of the phrase is distorted to amend or cheapen true science for
political gain. Unfortunately, the latter is the pattern we're beginning to
discern from the Bush administration's bizarre spin on government science.
:: Scripps Howard News Service -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40275
'Gun Rackers' Oppose Energy Bill - Move over, soccer moms. A new political
constituency of swing voters has landed on the national political radar,
hoping to get the attention of a Republican administration they say is in
danger of losing their loyalty. :: The Salt Lake Tribune -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40328
Democrats' Moon Shot - If Iowa and New Hampshire prove anything, it's that
the Democrats are finally on the same page in their case against Bush. But
what will propel the party to victory in November is a big idea and an
exciting new coalition of labor and environmental groups are leading the
way. :: TomPaine.com - http:--www.tompaine.com-feature2.cfm-ID-9820
EPA Attempts To Defuse MTBE Issue In New Hampshire - Folks who paid close
attention to the speeches of New Hampshire primary victor John Kerry in
recent weeks would have noticed an emphasis on MTBE -- a gasoline additive
that makes fuel burn more efficiently and cleanly, but is carcinogenic and
widely known to contaminate groundwater. To outsiders, this may have seemed
like a strange environmental issue to spotlight -- why not focus on global
warming, say, or species extinction? :: Grist -
http:--www.gristmagazine.com-muck-muck012804.asp?source=daily
Feinstein Asks EPA To Waive Rule On Fuel - Sen. Dianne Feinstein on
Wednesday called for the Environmental Protection Agency to waive some
federal gasoline rules for California after the EPA proposed dropping
certain pollution restrictions for gas sold in New Hampshire. :: Los Angeles
Times - http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40267
Bush To Seek More Cash To Clean Up Great Lakes - The Bush administration is
expected to announce today it wants to more than quadruple the money it is
spending on ridding toxic pollution from the Great Lakes basin. :: Cleveland
Plain Dealer - http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40279
Sierra Club On EPA Announcement Of Funding For Great Lakes Toxic Cleanups -
Statement of Emily Green, Director of Sierra Club's Great Lakes Program, on
EPA Announcement of Funding for Great Lakes Toxic Cleanups... "While fully
funding the Great Lakes Legacy Act is a step in the right direction, the
Bush administration's unrelenting attacks on clean water and clean air
protections will continue to leave the Great Lakes at risk. ::
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40280
Montana Wilderness Plans Fall Short Of Group's Goals - Three western Montana
national forests plan to designate more wilderness, but it's less than a
leading wilderness group called for. :: Missoulian -
http:--www.headwatersnews.org-miss.newwilds.html
Insect Attacks May Benefit Colo. Forests - The unprecedented insect outbreak
ravaging Colorado forests may eventually result in thriving hillsides of
aspen, improved stream flows and attractive habitat for the lynx and
showshoe hare, a new report says. :: Associated Press -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40332 & Denver Post -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40314
Massive Arizona Development Under Scrutiny Already - A proposal to add
60,000 new homes -- a city the size of Tempe -- to the Arizona desert is off
to a rocky start, with at least five agencies investigating the developer
and its operations, and amid complaints the project threatens a critical Air
Force training corridor. :: Arizona Republic -
http:--www.azcentral.com-arizonarepublic-news-articles-0129ranch29.html
New Jersey...
Judge Due To Rule On Future Of GEMS Plan - A federal judge could decide
today the fate of an ongoing controversial plan to clean a former municipal
landfill, now a Superfund site in Gloucester Township. :: Gloucester County
Times - http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40336
Public Awaits DuPont Hearing - No date has yet been set for a promised
public information meeting on a proposal for the DuPont Chambers Works to
treat and dispose of a byproduct of the deadly chemical weapon nerve agent
VX for the U.S. Army, officials said Wednesday. :: Today's Sunbeam -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40338
Judge In Toll Suit Sides With County - A Burlington County Superior Court
judge ruled in favor of Burlington County in a lawsuit filed by
mega-developer Toll Brothers over an agreement made more than 16 years ago,
officials announced Tuesday. :: Trenton Times -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40302 & Philadelphia Inquirer -
http:--www.philly.com-mld-inquirer-2004-01-29-news-local-7822299.htm
Ringwood Democrats' Open Space Move Fails - The new pro-environment Borough
Council majority failed in their first attempt to do what they were elected
to do - preserve more open space. :: Bergen Record -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40326
Brick Calls For End To Nuclear Plant - The Township Council here Tuesday
night unanimously passed a resolution calling for the immediate closure and
decommissioning of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Plant in Lacey,
citing health and safety concerns regarding the plant. :: Ocean County
Observer - http:--www.injersey.com-news-backstories.pl?id=896692&paper=9
Burlco Moving Forward With Gas-To-Energy Plant - Burlington County
Freeholders today agreed to solicit proposals from three qualified vendors
to construct and operate a gas-to-energy plant at the County Resource
Recovery Complex that will use the landfill’s methane gas to power the
complex’s facilities and produce revenues through the sale of electricity to
utilities. :: Burlington County -
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40272
Ocean County Asks Local Officials To Join Pollution Fight - Ocean County's
freeholders want local officials to join together to fashion a plan for
reducing the pollution carried into the rivers and bay by storm water. ::
Ocean County Observer -
http:--www.injersey.com-news-backstories.pl?id=896694&paper=9
News Of Tainted Vo-Tech School Site Stuns Officials - Vo-tech and county
officials were stunned by the news that the Toms River riverside site
intended for the school's new marine sciences building may have to be
abandoned because of ground pollution. :: Asbury Park Press -
http:--www.app.com-app-story-0,21625,896888,00.html
ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS...
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**Environmental Leadership Program
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40286
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FOR EMERGING LEADERS is designed to build the leadership capacity of
emerging leaders at the regional level across the environmental field.
**Make A Splash With Project WET! 2004 Water Festival Grants
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40261
Make a Splash with Project Wet is a national initiative to raise student
awareness and appreciation about the importance of clean water in their
every day life. A Water Festival is a unique opportunity to educate our
future leaders about the value of this natural resource that all life
depends on. It is a celebration that engages students in active learning
stations that focus on an array of water topics. The Make A Splash Water
Festival brings schools together with their community to celebrate the
wonders of water - a resource that unites all people.
Events...
**Raptor Education Days - January 29 & 30
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40001
Birds of prey will be the topic of conversation next Thursday and Friday as
over 400 students and teachers from area schools participate in a two-day
educational program entitled, "Raptor Education Days."
**Sierra Singles Final Friday Film Fest! - January 30
Diabolique This 1955 classic chiller is the best Hitchcock movie that
Hitchcock never made. The movie will be shown at 7:45pm at the BOATHOUSE in
VERONA PARK, at the corner of Lakeside and Bloomfield Avenues, in Verona,
NJ. Admission donation is $5; any proceeds benefit the Sierra Club. For
directions, visit: http:--njsierra.org-njs_groups-essex-directions.htm. The
Boathouse is about 1-4 mile inside Verona Park, on your right. The Singles
Section website is: singles.njsierra.org. Email abc77(AT)msn.com with any
questions.
**Workshop: 'Come to the Water' - January 30
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=39640
Do you love the ocean? Do you enjoy being near the water? Do you find that
oceans, rivers and lakes lead you into a meditative mood? Then this
reflective, prayerful and educational experience is for you!
**Designing A Pinelands Alternative Wastewater Treatment System - January 30
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=39918
The New Jersey Pinelands Commission is sponsoring a one day seminar
entitled: Designing a Pinelands Alternative Wastewater Treatment System on
January 30, 2004 at the main campus of Atlantic Cape Community College
(ACCC) in Mays Landing, NJ. Cost of the program is $39.
**Tallman Mountain State Park - January 31
We will hike through Tallman Mountain State Park and view the berms and salt
marsh. We will then walk the mile-long Piermont pier halfway across the
Hudson! Trails include the Long Path. Bring lunch and water. You can take
the 9:15 Rockland Coaches 9A bus from the Port Authority terminal to meet
Leader in Piermont by 10:15. Drivers meet in front of 450 Piermont Ave
(building with mural) at 10am. Leader: John P. Jurasek 845-365-3618 (no
calls past 10pm) or Jurasek(AT)optonline.net (ACOC)
**Coldwater Conservation Forum - January 31
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=39006
New Jersey’s coldwater fisheries face many problems, a number of them unique
to these fragile ecosystems. With this in mind we are hosting a Coldwater
Conservation Forum at the Kinnelon Public Library on January 31 to focus on
the challenge of preserving these resources.
**Organic Farming Conference - January 31
Workshop topics will include selling at farmers markets, organic
viticulture, financial planning for farmers, e-marketing, cultivation tools,
and much more! Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey, Cook
College Campus Center, Rutgers, New Brunswick Contact Information:
609-737-6848 nofainfo(AT)nofanj.org www.nofanj.org
**BioDiversity Expo - January 31 & February 1
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40172
Saturday & Sunday, Jan. 31, Feb. 1 - 10 am - 8 pm at the Marriott at
Brooklyn Bridge. Find Out About Rainforests, Your Health and the Health of
Mother Earth. Come and Support Rainforest Relief and other environmental
groups and alternative health providers. Tim Keating, Rainforest Relief's
director will present on Rainforests and Consumption on Sunday at 5 pm.
**Social Hike in South Mountain Reservation - February 1
Raritan Valley Group We will hike seven miles over easy terrain. Highlights
include a 25-foot waterfall and some very inviting woodlands in the heart of
Suburbia. What a great way to celebrate Super Bowl Sunday! Please bring warm
clothing, water and lunch. Hiking boots are required and participants should
be in good condition. Meet BEFORE 10am at the South Mountain Arena parking
lot in West Orange. Take Exit 10 on Rte 280 West. Turn left onto Northfield
Avenue. After a steep hill, the South Mountain Arena will be on your left.
Rain-snow or expected rain-snow cancels. Leader: Steve Ember,
sehiker(AT)yahoo.com (RV)
**Social Orangina Hike - February 1
West Jersey Group 7 miles moderate pace. Annual classic hike to old clay
pits used to make pottery. Bring picnic type food to share at tailgate
social after hike. No pets-No children. Meet by 9:30am at mile marker #12 on
Rte 72 E., on dirt road opposite Auto Wreakers allow for extra driving time.
Leader: Paul Serdiuk 856-697-3870 pis1(AT)cccnj.net (W)
**Winter Nature Walk At Joe Palaia Park In Ocean Township - February 1
The township Environmental Commission is holding a "winter nature walk" at
1:30 p.m. Sunday at Joe Palaia Park. The walk gives participants an
opportunity to view natural resources, and if snow is on the ground, to
learn to identify some animal tracks, according to the commission. Children
and adults are invited to take part in the approximately one-hour walk,
according to the commission. Participants are asked to meet at the white
building off Whalepond Road. For information, call the commission at (732)
531-5000.
**Community Right to Know Workshops - February 4
Where: NJDEP-Public Hearing Room, 401 East State Street, 1st Floor, Trenton
When: 1:00 - 4:00pm What: Overview of the CRTK Program, instruction on
completing the CRTK Survey form both hardcopy and electronically using the
e-CRTK Survey. Contact Information: Department of Environmental Protection,
(609) 292-3600 or http:--www.nj.gov-dep-opppc-peteregist.htm :: ANJEC Green
City Gazette - 1-29-2004
**Black Bear Teacher Training Workshop - February 11
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40278
Liz Jackson, Public Information Assistant for New Jersey Fish & Wildlife
will facilitate a Professional Development Workshop on Wednesday, February
11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This seminar uses black bears as a context for
learning science, mathematics, social studies, visual arts and language
arts. The workshop will provide teachers with hands-on activities to enhance
problem-solving skills and creativity required by students for effective
critical thinking and decision-making.
**'Smudges Of Color' For School Age Children - February 19
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.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
**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. :: ANJEC Green City Gazette - 1-29-2004
**School Facilities And The Well-Being Of New Jersey’s Kids - February 20
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.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.
**Maple Sugaring And Maple Café - February 21
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40322
The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, located on Titus Mill Road
in Hopewell Township, is offering a “Maple Sugaring and Maple Café” for
families and adults on Saturday February 21. Three sessions are available
from 9 a.m. to 1:30 PM.
**Balancing Natural Gas: Fueling Demands of a Growing Economy - February 23
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40296
Speaker: David Manning Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs KeySpan
Energy Discussant-Moderator: Ron Denhardt Vice President, Natural Gas
Services Strategic Energy & Economic Research, Inc. Moderator: Edward L.
Morse Executive Advisor Hess Energy Trading Co., LLC
**'Leap Year!' For Preschool Children - February 24
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40318
The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, located on Titus Mill Road
in Hopewell Township, is offering “Leap Year!” a program for preschool
children aged 3 to 5 on Tuesday, February 24 from 10:00 to 11:30 am. The
program will be repeated on Wednesday, February 25 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm. An
adult must accompany three-year-olds.
**'Skeletal Mysteries' For 'Tweens' (ages 9-14) - February 24
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40323
The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, located on Titus Mill Road
in Hopewell Township, is offering a “tween” program, “Skeletal Mysteries” on
Tuesday, February 24 from 4 – 5:30 pm. “Tweens” are ages 9 through 14 - not
little kids, but not quite teenagers.
Add Your Event To Our Calendar:
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A GOOD READ...
**The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare - Fortune - 1-26-2004
http:--www.fortune.com-fortune-print-0,15935,582584,00.html
Global warming may be bad news for future generations, but let's face it,
most of us spend as little time worrying about it as we did about al Qaeda
before 9-11. Like the terrorists, though, the seemingly remote climate risk
may hit home sooner and harder than we ever imagined. In fact, the prospect
has become so real that the Pentagon's strategic planners are grappling with
it.
**Sierra Club Target Of Coup - Tidepool - 1-29-2004
http:--www.tidepool.org-original_content.cfm?articleid=105531
Last year, over 750,000 people joined or renewed their membership in the
Sierra Club, presumably because they believe in its historic mission to
protect America's public lands and wilderness for future generations. John
Muir and a small band of conservationists founded the Club in 1892, and it’s
been working for more than a century to protect our nation's wild lands,
wildlife, air and water. But recent events now threaten to divert the Sierra
Club from its mission.
**Immigration: The Ultimate Environmental Issue - Tidepool - 1-29-2004
http:--www.tidepool.org-original_content.cfm?articleid=105538
Because I believe that environmental organizations have ducked the
immigration-population issue too long, I am running for the board of
directors of the Sierra Club. I am not part of a slate; I represent only
myself and the issues I care deeply about.
Today's Stories...
--->Less Sprawl
**In Praise Of Open Space - San Francisco Chronicle - 1-29-2004
http:--sfgate.com-cgi-bin-article.cgi?f=-c-a-2004-01-29-EDGH14JBAL1.DTL
For decades, I have hiked the trails at Point Reyes National Seashore, where
this little drama took place. Yet I never tire of this spectacular
landscape.
--->More Sprawl
**Burl. City Set To Lure Developers To Island - Burlington County Times -
1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40315
After nearly a year of delays, the Board of Island managers last night
officially approved the document they hope will end decades of economic
stagnation on Burlington Island.
**Developments Possible For W. Windsor - Trenton Times - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40297
The township can look forward to many changes in the coming year. Several
new developments could be on the horizon, including major construction at
the Wyeth and Sarnoff properties, a new senior housing development and an
addition to the sprawling Nassau Park Pavilion center on Route 1.
**Raritan Township Asked To Help Fund Fairgrounds Purchase - The Hunterdon
County Democrat - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40293
The leader of a residents group wants Raritan Township to give $1.5 million
toward an attempt to purchase the Flemington Fairgrounds, which is set to be
turned into a commercial development.
**Yet Another Setback For Town Center Developer - Asbury Park Press -
1-29-2004
http:--www.app.com-app-story-0,21625,896812,00.html
The developer of the proposed "town center" suffered another defeat before
the township Monday when the Board of Adjustment rejected an appeal seeking
to have an application for the project heard by the Planning Board.
**Builders, Residents Anxious To See New Wildwood Building Rules - The Press
of Atlantic City - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40285
Under construction. That describes both the development already happening in
town and the new ordinance that will determine what comes next.
--->Agriculture
**The Buffalo Roam Again -- To Burger Menus - Associated Press - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40301
A bison boomlet is under way as Americans look for an Atkins diet-friendly
and mad cow- proof alternative to beef.
**Mad Cow Disease Raises Safety Issues Beyond The Kitchen - New York Times -
1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40265
Cows are everywhere, and they are not just for dinner anymore. Their
carcasses provide the glues that hold the human universe together, like the
gelatin in Gummy Bears, the lipids in lipsticks, the foam in fire
extinguishers and the rubber in tires.
**Crowd Supports Preserving Farm - The Bernardsville News - 1-29-2004
http:--www.zwire.com-site-news.cfm?newsid=10880031&BRD=1918&PAG=461&dept_id=
506414&rfi=6
An effort to rally support behind the preservation of historic farm
buildings at the former Geier tract on King George Road got off to a strong
start as about 85 people turned out for a meeting at town hall on Sunday
afternoon, Jan. 25.
--->Air Pollution
**EPA Officials Sign Particulate Matter Control Plan For San Joaquin
Valley - Earthjustice - 1-29-2004
http:--earthjustice.org-news-display.html?ID=770
The proposed plan is too weak to effectively reduce PM pollution, the most
deadly form of air pollution that kills more than 1,200 Valley residents
each year. If the proposal is finalized, the citizen coalition will
challenge EPA's approval of the plan in federal court.
**US EPA Set To Approve Plan To Clean San Joaquin Valley Air - Associated
Press - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40282
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has moved one step closer to
approving a plan intended to clean the air in the heavily polluted San
Joaquin Valley.
**Region Devises Clean-Air Plan - Washington Post - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40270
Washington area officials have completed an in-depth plan to reduce the
region's chronic air pollution, a required step in a long-running effort to
meet federal clean-air standards.
--->Anti-Environment
**Florida DEP Chief Will Join Company He Helped - St. Petersburg Times -
1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40273
After five turbulent years as Florida's top environmental regulator, David
Struhs resigned Wednesday, announcing he would take a job with a company
regulated by his agency.
--->Birds & Birding
**A Drug Used For Cattle Is Said To Be Killing Vultures - New York Times -
1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40327
A mysterious and precipitous plunge in the number of vultures in South Asia,
which has pushed three species to the brink of extinction, is probably a
result of inadvertent poisoning by a drug used widely in livestock to
relieve fever and lameness, scientists reported yesterday.
**Collies Are Hired To Collar Wild Geese - The Reporter, Somerset -
1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40292
Somerset County is tired of fowl fouling its parks and golf courses and it's
not going to take it any more. Prolific Canada geese have cooked their own
goose and soup kitchens and homeless shelters are feasting on them.
--->Endangered Species
**A Loathsome Frog, Perhaps, But Surely Lionhearted - New York Times -
1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40281
Only now that it is listed in South Africa as a "near threatened" species is
the giant bullfrog gaining more attention.
--->Energy
**LA May Invest In Coal Power - Los Angeles Times - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40310
Los Angeles officials, who are pledging to increase investments in clean
energy sources amid growing pressure from state politicians and
environmentalists, are quietly moving forward with plans to purchase a
financial stake in a coal-burning power plant in Utah.
**Group Declares War On Energy Gluttons - San Francisco Chronicle -
1-27-2004
http:--sfgate.com-cgi-bin-article.cgi?f=-c-a-2004-01-27-BAGAC4IMC71.DTL
There are plenty of hogs -- or rather bits and pieces of them -- in Allen
Jordan's Bayview restaurant, but the biggest one of all is an improbable
freezer in one corner of the kitchen. It's an energy hog.
--->Ocean
**Group Praises US Shrimp Over Imports - Associated Press - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40287
In the midst of a brewing trade war over shrimp, a key environmental group
is pointing out that the shrimp American fishermen catch in the Gulf of
Mexico is cleaner than pond-raised imports and less damaging to the ocean
than shrimp caught elsewhere.
**Sandy Hook Developers Meeting All Federal Tests - Asbury Park Press -
1-29-2004
http:--www.app.com-app-story-0,21625,897112,00.html
Save Sandy Hook's campaign to discredit the National Park Service and Sandy
Hook Partners took no time off during the holidays. How many times can you
say the same things over and over again, and be wrong on every count.
--->Petroleum Industry
**Russian Oil Giant Has Eyes For NJ - Trenton Times - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40298
If Russian oil giant OAO Lukoil has its way, many cars and other vehicles in
New Jersey could one day be running on fuel pumped out of the frozen
Siberian wilderness.
--->Superfund
**Brush: Ciba 'Making An Effort' At Cleanup - Ocean County Observer -
1-29-2004
http:--www.injersey.com-news-backstories.pl?id=896661&paper=9
After a tour of the Ciba-Geigy Superfund site and meeting with site owners,
Dover Township Mayor Paul C. Brush said the company was making a "sincere
effort" to remediate the site after years of pollution.
--->Toxics
**Wells In Section Of Lambertville Show High Levels Of Arsenic - The
Hunterdon County Democrat - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40294
Unsafe levels of arsenic have been found in water from wells atop Cottage
Hill in Lambertville, prompting the city's environmental commission to
organize a well-testing effort next week.
--->Transportation
**County To Clear Way For Lacey Road Project - Ocean County Observer -
1-29-2004
http:--www.injersey.com-news-backstories.pl?id=896695&paper=9
Before Lacey Road is rebuilt from the Garden State Parkway to Route 9, Ocean
County wants to get the utilities, signs and trees out of the way.
--->Water Pollution
**Anacostia River's Dirty Little Secret - Washington Post - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40277
Much of the pollution in the Anacostia originates in Maryland. A recent
study commissioned by the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority, or WASA, estimated
that Maryland is the source of 62 percent of the organic waste in the
river -- including sewage, discarded food and engine oil -- much of which is
swept into the river by storm water running off paved surfaces.
--->Wildlife
**Montana Officials Start Hazing Bison Back Into Yellowstone - Bozeman Daily
Chronicle - 1-29-2004
http:--bozemandailychronicle.com-articles-2004-01-29-news-02bisonbzbigs.txt
The annual bison migration has begun in Yellowstone National Park and
Montana livestock officials have started their annual efforts to keep bison
from roaming out of the park.
--->Editorials
**Forest Service Chief's Chosen Issues Beset By Those That Won't Go Away -
Idaho Falls Post Register - 1-29-2004
http:--www.headwatersnews.org-pr.bosworth2.html
Despite Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth's big agenda, he doesn't have the
luxury of ignoring other problems, both new and long-standing: salvage
logging, old-growth management, degree of local control, wilderness,
overgrazing and privatization, among them.
**Builder Should Pay For Roads - Courier-Post - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40316
Toll Bros. developers shouldn't be allowed to renege on upgrading the
intersection at Centerton and Creek roads in Mount Laurel.
**Two Towns Win In Housing Deal - Gloucester County Times - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40295
The Mount Laurel housing decisions of the state Supreme Court, as
implemented by the state Council on Affordable Housing, can be confounding.
But when an individual agreement between two towns is viewed alone -- the
value can be apparent.
--->Letters
**Developers Cruel To Wildlife - The Press of Atlantic City - 1-29-2004
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?sid=40303
Regarding the Jan. 17 letter, "Hunters make God weep": I ask the letter
writer, when they built your home, did they clear the poor woodland
creatures' habitat for that? I have lived in southern New Jersey since I was
3 years old, and I am in a state of shock and horror over the devastation
being done by developers.
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**Re: West Milford Eagle Ridge Water Allocation Hearing
by SierraActivist on Friday, January 30
http:--sierraactivist.org-article.php?thold=0&mode=flat&order=1&sid=40050#64
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Folks, Wednesday evening I was in Bloomingdale to testify before the Town
Council AGAINST the rezoning of the "Horse Farm," a 100-acre parcel.
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