Tag: DNREC

Hiding Behind Lawyers to Hide Coastal Zone Impacts Isn’t A Good Management Strategy

Filed in Delaware by on June 16, 2013 7 Comments

It just makes people think that you are trying to hide something, which, apparently, the Markell Administration is doing. Today’s NJ brings us another story of the ongoing issues surrounding the PBF refinery at Delaware City. In the main, it looks like the refinery is expanding its operations outside of its permitted area (staging and unloading rail cars outside of the boundary of the plant; a planned barge shipment of oil over to a NJ plant), and taxpayers aren’t being allowed to see whether or not there are violations of the state’s Coastal Zonal Act here.

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My Movie Pitch

Filed in National by on March 1, 2011 41 Comments

I don’t know if you have seen the great documentary film, Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock, but it is a perfect example of a genre of film and non-fiction where someone takes a simple concept to its extreme to examine the consequences. In the film, Spurlock decides to eat nothing but McDonald’s food for […]

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Markell and O’Mara Unveil Recycling Effort

Filed in Delaware by on January 5, 2010 36 Comments

Today, Governor Markell and DNREC Secretary Colin O’Mara unveiled their plan to implement a statewide recycling plan that will change the way that Delawareans dispose of recyclable materials.

Recycling would remain voluntary for homes and businesses under the plan, but curbside services and special containers would be universally available. Commercial haulers and municipal governments that collect trash would be required to provide curbside pickups.

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Comment Rescue: WDEL Interviews Nominee for DNREC Secretary

Filed in Delaware by on March 17, 2009 33 Comments

This is a heads up from Allan Loudell for an event many of us are vitally interested in: I have to run off after 5 p.m. to cover County Executive Chris Coons’ budget-address at 6, but I’ve set-up our Frank Gerace to interview Collin O’Mara LIVE on our airwaves at @ 5:35 this afternoon. Allan […]

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