Climate change is changing many things. One of the many things that it is changing is the future of the 30 year mortgage. What will happen when people take out mortgages that they can walk away from? What will happen when people can’t get mortgages? Well, it appears that the market may finally stop people […]
Two weeks ago I wrote about S-232 and stated that in my opinion the bill was moving too quickly. While I received some negative comments, to be expected, let me be clear that I firmly think that environmental justice is important. There are two articles attached to this blog…one a detailed history of two sites […]
A recent report summary indicates that spending $1 on protecting the natural environment (i.e. land or water) returns $5 since it gives nature a chance to thrive. This in turn can provide increases in agriculture, improve fresh water and help fight climate change among other benefits. The study, as reported in Reuters was conducted and […]
This may come as a shock to you, but the EPA under this administration is allowing industrial facilities to stop testing under the guise of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It seems that if you claim a hardship, you don’t have to test the industrial effluent that you generate. At least 350 companies have taken advantage of […]
S-232, a senate bill designed to address the issue of Environmental Justice is moving quickly through the NJ legislature. That is both a good and bad thing. The good part of S-232 is that the issue is being discussed after more than 10 years of languishing in reports by the DEP. The bad is the […]