New York Times May 23, 2012 In 2006, then-Senator Barack Obama co-sponsored a tough law aimed at protecting the public from an accident or terrorist attack at one of the nation’s chemical plants. Opposed by industry and President George W. Bush’s White House, the bill never made it to the Senate floor. A weak substitute was passed instead, and the dangers remain. President Obama can fix the problem. [...]
By Michael Aron NJ Spotlight May 14, 2012 Politics can be a blood sport in the Garden State, but does that actually interfere with business getting done? [...]
By Anna North BuzzFeed 14 May, 2012 Former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman says Republicans in Congress have lost their way on abortion — and the state should get out of the business of marriage. [...]
By Phillip Tomlinson The News of Cumberland County May 12, 2012 COMMERCIAL TWP. — Conservationists of all stripes gathered in Bivalve Friday morning to launch the new book, “Life Along the Delaware Bay,” a written and pictorial celebration of the bay and the diverse ecosystems it supports. [...]
By Christine Todd Whitman May 9, 2012 Today's natural gas market is still vulnerable. We should take advantage of our domestic energy resources, including nuclear energy. [...]
New York Times May 3, 2012 More than a decade after 9/11, thousands of facilities that produce, store or use highly toxic chemicals remain vulnerable to a terrorist attack or accident that could kill or injure hundreds of thousands of people living downwind of an explosion. A Congressional Research Service report identifies 483 facilities in 43 states where a chemical disaster would put 100,000 or more people at risk. [...]
By Heather Haddon Wall Street Journal May 2, 2012 Bucolic Grounds Become Public Park, Conservation Center [...]