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Environmental & Political News October 22 2007

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                                    Monday, October 22,  2007
            
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NJ Politics 

• Union officials want Carla Katz out of CWA presidency Two union officials Sunday petitioned the Communications Workers of America to remove state-worker
  labor leader Carla Katz from the  presidency of New Jersey Local 1034 on charges of misconduct and misuse of union funds Star-Ledger

• Orange mayor pleads not guilty to corruption Mayor Mims Hackett this morning pleaded not guilty to corruption charges, becoming the first of 11 public officials snared
  in an FBI sting last month to do so Star-Ledger
  > Ex-Paterson assemblyman admits extortion attempt Alfred Steele pleads
  guilty to attempted extortion Star-Ledger   

NJ Environment 

• EnCap site: More polluted than ever Dirty and dangerous fill is just part of the environmental havoc at the 800 acres of abandoned trash dumps and poisoned tidelands that make up the EnCap site. With work at a standstill and the fate of the project in
  doubt, the famously polluted swamps of the Meadowlands are now more tainted than
  ever. Instead of cleaning up the dumps, EnCap re-created them Bergen Record 

• NJ gets expanded veto power over Del. River projects A routine request by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection of a federal agency has triggered a tidal wave of criticism from the Pennsylvania maritime community. They view New Jersey's move as a stealthy attempt to disrupt deepening the Delaware River channel Courier-Post

PA Environment  

• Health officials to report on waste dump study This week, the federal government will report on a possible cluster of polycythemia vera, or PCV, a rare blood disease that has sickened dozens of people near a former  toxic waste dump site in McAdoo AP
   

• Limerick proposal is certain to attract plenty of attention One thing is certain about a proposal to bring a dual-use energy plant to the abandoned Kinsey Distillery in Limerick Township, it will attract lots of interest The Mercury

PA Politics 

• Thousands of black men pledge to patrol for peace in Philadelphia Inquirer
   

• Hey! Philadelphians aren’t just fat – they’re ugly, too  Inquirer 

New York/Nation/World

• Bad blood may doom special session in Albany LoHud.com
• Inch by inch, Great Lakes—and cargo--shrinking NYT
• Apple farmers get aid for July storms Post-Standard
• Energy traders avoid scrutiny  Washington Post

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