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Trenton, NJ ---With a deadline set for Thursday, April 30 for all public comments on a Bush administration proposal that would weaken mercury regulations under the Clean Air Act, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.
Long Branch, NJ --- After reviewing the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy report issued earlier this week, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.
Long Branch, NJ --- After an investigation completed by an independent environmental firm earlier this month outlined the clean up that should be undertaken at the Middlesex Borough Landfill, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today called on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), a former operator of the land, to pay for the investigation and now the clean up.
Washington, DC--- Nearly 20 years after the Union Carbide Corporation plant in Bhopal leaked 40 tons of lethal gas killing 4,000 people and injuring more than 20,000, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. yesterday held a briefing on Capitol Hill to observe the horror of the disaster with Goldman Environmental Prize winners and Bhopal survivors Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla.
With a deadline set for Thursday, April 30 for all public comments on a Bush administration proposal that wo uld weaken mercury regulations under the Clean Air Act, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.
"Thank you Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity this morning to examine the Department of Defense's proposed exemptions from long standing environmental laws in the name of military readiness. I am greatly concerned that while the proposed exemptions are presented as being narrow in scope, the actual implications to public health and environmental health would be sweeping.
Marlboro, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), ranking Democrat on the House Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife and Ocean Subcommittee, issued the following statement today regarding the release of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy's long-awaited report detailing the state of the oceans and its resources, and recommendations for a new national ocean policy framework.
"The Supreme Court's ruling represents a step in the right direction, and is long overdue. For far too long, the Supreme Court has issued rulings that have severely restricted criminal and civil jurisdiction of tribal governments, thereby weakening inherent tribal sovereignty.