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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.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), founder of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, will host a congressional briefing this Thursday, April 22 at 2:00 p.m. with Bhopal survivors and Goldman Environmental Prize winners Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla.
Washington, D.C. --- In a letter last week to President Bush, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, voiced strong opposition to the Bush administration's decision to abandon a 2001 agreement to provide parity in military funding to Armenia and Azerbaijan. The letter comes in response to testimony by a U.S.
"If the Bush administration wants to place blame on the condition of our nation's air, it has no better place to look than the mirror. While some of New Jersey's air pollution is created within the state's borders, we all know that much of our state's pollution comes from large power plants outside New Jersey.