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Thursday, February 21, 2013

NJ Sierra Club Says Hoboken Flood Wall Proposal 'Won't Work'

Mayor Dawn Zimmer responded by saying that the Sierra Club's press release was based on "inaccurate assumptions" about the proposal.

The New Jersey Sierra Club heavily criticized Mayor Dawn Zimmer's proposal to build flood walls on the north and south side of Hoboken in a press release on Wednesday afternoon, alleging that only developers benefit from flood walls. "Main purpose of building the flood wall is so developers can build more high rises along the water front and rail yards," Tittel said. Tittel's statement went on to say that flood walls would result in a "rationalization for more development." "Nothing could be further from the truth," countered Zimmer, who is known to be wary about big development. The mayor continued to say that Tittel's opinion was based on "inaccurate assumptions about our proposal." "The wall would raise the water level with the water …

TONY NEKOBOH

10:49 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013

THE ANSWER IS...old hoboken never had these problems like today, if we can get all these yuppie liberals to leave & give back full control to the native residence the city would be in a much better state @ every level...liberals never solved anything in HISTORY!   more ›

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

NJ Environmentalists Respond to Christie's Earth Day Silence

Governor offers no official recognition of Earth Day

by Tom Johnson, NJSpotlight.com Earth Day passed, if not away, then at least quietly in New Jersey yesterday. There were an array of small events, but not the usual big ceremonies celebrating the state’s once unyielding commitment to the environment, a record embellished by some of the nation’s toughest laws to protect the air, water and public from harmful pollution. Gov. Chris Christie, the target of criticism from environmentalists during his tenure, failed to even acknowledge the day. Asked whether that reflected his interest in the environment, his spokesman, Michael Drewniak, responded: “It signifies nothing and the premise of your loaded question is false and offensive.’’ David Pringle, campaign director of the New Jersey …

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Scondo

10:14 am on Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The truth follows "EPA’s mandate requires that all open reservoirs that contain drinking water to be covered with concrete or undergo additional retreatment processes to protect drinking water from biological pathogens." This is a Jackson / Obama? EPA mandated solution to a non problem.   more ›

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