Jim Wright, who keeps this blog for the Meadowlands Commssion, also writes a twice-monthly column for The South Bergenite. His most recent column is on Hurricane Sandy.
Highlight is here:
In the mid-20th century, this region suffered from unprecedented environmental degradation for decades — including unregulated dumping, burning landfills and horrible water pollution from toxic chemicals and barely treated sewage.
We humans have been able to overcome that terrible legacy — a legacy that some thought insurmountable several decades ago.
And we will bounce back from Superstorm Sandy as well.
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