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NJ Politics
The
legacy of an open, public life
Byron
Baer, who died on Sunday morning after a long illness,
was a rarity in NJ politics: he served time in jail before he took public
office, not after
PolilticsNJ.com
NJ Environment
Bristling on the hot seat
Declaring she is tired of
the "innuendo and outright falsehoods," former EPA Administrator Christie
Whitman vigorously denies that she made misleading statements about the air
quality in Lower Manhattan in the days
and weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The former two-term Republican NJ
governor told a largely hostile House Judiciary subcommittee that she relied on
sound scientific data when she told residents of Lower Manhattan that the
air around Ground Zero was safe to breathe
Star-Ledger
Bergen Record
NY
Times
Opinion: The heat and hypocrisy index
Trenton
lawmakers who voted for the global warming bill last
week must all be driving fuel efficient cars, right? Think again
Star-Ledger
PA Environment
PJM approves a new transmission line Allegheny Energy Inc. said that it and a partner, American Electric Power (AEP), have won approval from the PJM Interconnection, the consortium that manages the Mid-Atlantic region's electrical grid, to build a 290-mile high-voltage transmission line across West Virginia's Appalachian Mountains and into central Maryland Inquirer
Parents lead fight against power line Plans for a high-voltage power line through Washington and Greene counties have met with heavy opposition from property owners, creating what has been estimated by local officials to be the loudest citizens outcry in a generation Post-Gazette
PA Politics
House
Democrats narrowly win preliminary vote on transit plan
After a long, partisan debate,
House Democrats narrowly win a preliminary vote on a transportation funding plan
designed to raise nearly $1 billion
a year for new state investment in highways, bridges and mass transit systems
Patriot News
Many NYC subway lines are now maxed out
NY Times
Business prevails in endangered species case
AP
National home sales hit four-year low in May
Star-Ledger
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