Chemical Safety Should be Required, Not Just Requested
All of us have become used to seeing news reports of people killed because of a chemical explosion or fire. Or they're left out of work or homeless because of a toxic spill. Or left [...]
Firms Like Secaucus-based Children’s Place Need Better Response to Bangladesh Tragedy
It's easy for giant corporations like the Secaucus-based clothing company, Children's Place, to talk the talk of "social responsibility" and caring about children and families. But it often takes public pressure to get them to [...]
Polluting Our Air, Water, and Politics
This winter saw families in Paulsboro and many other towns across America worrying about two kinds of pollution. Full Article by Debra McFadden, Assistant Director, WEC and Doug O'Malley, Executive Director, Environment NJ and WEC [...]
Disasters Show Need for Stronger Safeguards
Here in New Jersey, huge sums of money will have to be spent to clean up the Passaic River, one of the most contaminated stretches of water in the world. Toxicants in the river include [...]
NJ has Chance to Provide Better Schools and Jobs
New Jersey has the 38th-worst unemployment rate in the nation, and for construction workers the jobless rate is even worse. At the same time, thousands of school children, their teachers and other staff face serious [...]
Plan to Build New Trenton Central High School Shows Power of Public Pressure
The recent announcement that Trenton Central High School (TCHS) will be rebuilt is the latest proof of the old saying that "if the people lead, the leaders will follow." Indeed, that has been the case [...]