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Gov. Christie's climate change remarks get him in hot water with infrastructure experts
2013-05-23 17:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A panel of New Jersey infrastructure experts yesterday took issue with Gov. Chris Christie a few days after the Republican expressed doubts about the links between climate change and Superstorm Sandy. The governor's remarks earlier this week, in which he said there isn't "any proof thus far that Sandy was caused by climate change," served as backdrop to the dialogue here during a Rutgers University event on New Jersey and climate adaptation. Each member of a panel of experts appeared to disagree...
Gastric banding: Pros and cons of Christie's surpr...
2013-05-08 03:09:15| Biotech - Topix.net
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's choice of gastric banding has prompted questions about why he opted for a weight-loss procedure less favored by bariatric surgeons and patients.
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Gov. Christie's unfounded rant against EPA's Lisa Jackson
2013-03-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star-Ledger: It`s tough to keep track of all the personal attacks Gov. Chris Christie throws around, but his recent rant against Lisa Jackson was so baseless that it deserves a closer look. Jackson, who just stepped down as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, scored two big wins at the EPA that will have a profound impact on New Jersey`s air. One was to draft new rules forcing Midwest coal plants to reduce emissions by installing scrubbers, the filters that coal plants in New Jersey already must use...
Christie's backing of federal shore rules raises worries
2013-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Philadelphia Inquirer: Shore houses that have been in working-class families for generations will be abandoned. Property values will spiral downward, leaving Shore towns' budgets in tatters. That is the dire scenario painted by a growing coalition of federal, state, and local officials along the Jersey Shore after Gov. Christie's announcement last week that New Jersey would adopt the federal government's preliminary floodplain maps - which would effectively require houses along large swaths of the Shore to be elevated...
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