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2501, 2023

Booker, Barragán Lead 47 Congressional Colleagues in Urging EPA to Further Strengthen Prevention and Safety Standards to Prevent Chemical Disasters

January 25th, 2023|Comments Off on Booker, Barragán Lead 47 Congressional Colleagues in Urging EPA to Further Strengthen Prevention and Safety Standards to Prevent Chemical Disasters

Booker, Barragán Lead 47 Congressional Colleagues in Urging EPA to Further Strengthen Prevention and Safety Standards to Prevent Chemical Disasters WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representative Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44th) [...]

2301, 2023

NJ Needs To Keep Its ‘Corporate Millionaire’s Tax,’ Activists Urge

January 23rd, 2023|Comments Off on NJ Needs To Keep Its ‘Corporate Millionaire’s Tax,’ Activists Urge

The wealthiest 2 percent of businesses should be paying more when New Jerseyans are struggling – not getting a tax cut, advocates say. On Friday, members of the For The Many New Jersey coalition sent [...]

212, 2022

Student health, money and artificial turf

December 2nd, 2022|Comments Off on Student health, money and artificial turf

I know neither Ms. Jennifer Shiao nor Mr. Peter Demling, but I am familiar with science and how to locate information. There are a number of problems with artificial turf that seem to me to [...]

1711, 2022

NJ Advocates Celebrate IIJA Anniversary, Call on Murphy Administration to Create Strategic Federal Climate Plan for Healthier State

November 17th, 2022|Comments Off on NJ Advocates Celebrate IIJA Anniversary, Call on Murphy Administration to Create Strategic Federal Climate Plan for Healthier State

November 17, 2022 State Commitment Urgent to Make Historic Federal Investments Count for New Jerseyans On the first anniversary of the federal Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act (IIJA) being signed into law, New Jersey is [...]

1511, 2022

Federal chemical board important to N.J. still plagued by staff vacancies, watchdog says

November 15th, 2022|Comments Off on Federal chemical board important to N.J. still plagued by staff vacancies, watchdog says

Updated: Nov. 15, 2022, 9:15 p.m. | Published: Nov. 14, 2022, 6:26 p.m. The agency that investigates chemical accidents and makes safety recommendations remains short-staffed, threatening it “from efficiently and effectively driving chemical safety change through independent investigations to [...]

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