Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund aren't stopping their campaign against former U.S. Representative Steve Pearce. The group announced a new commercial today, this one with three claims; that Pearce sold his company for twice its stated value to a group regulated by a committee he sat on, that Pearce was twice named one of the most corrupt members of Congress and that he received money from a producer of
MTBE then voted to "protect them from liablity from polluting New Mexico's drinking water."
The MTBE liability provision never became law because it was pulled from the legislation in conference committee; however, the Republican-led House passed the provision that would have protected MTBE producers from liability.
Is the Desert Rock power plant, a massive coal-powered plant planned in the Four Corners area, dead? Laura Paskus has an excellent article (of course, just about everything Paskus writes is great) about the
current state of Desert Rock in High Country News.
This segment of "60 Minutes" aired last night and features the "beneficial use" by Dominion in building the Battlefield golf course in Chesapeake.
NJ's first-ever LG debate is Oct. 8
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National health care debate
Hitting home in Jersey.
State DEP science panels
Some environmental groups fear a pro-development lean.
A registry of dead indigents from NJ psychiatric hospitals
Sen. Codey intends to restore some dignity for dead mentally ill.
Concrete walls, chain link fence and spray paint
Public art in New Brunswick can help create community.
South Orange woman's affair with John Edwards raises legal questions
Were payments to Rielle Hunter made to keep her silent? Were campaign finance laws broken?
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