** Five video interviews below**
On Thursday, [Lawmakers hear other side of NJ’s Sandy recovery story] the bulk of the
testimony at a joint New Jersey Senate/Assembly committee meeting in Atlantic City
came from distraught shore residents and organizations representing the poor and
elderly who are still struggling to deal with the storm’s consequences.
A number of environmental experts and organizations also had stories to tell.
Included among them were: former NJDEP Commissioner Mark Mauriello; home elevation
expert Rod Scott; U.S. Green Building Council NJ Chapter Vice Chairman Wayne DeFeo,
NJ Sierra Club Director Jeff Tittel, and NY/NJ Baykeeper Executive Director Debbie Mans.
EnviroPolitics interviewed them outside the meeting at Convention Hall.
Here are their videos:
The Senate and Assembly environment committees plan to continue their
oversight hearings in late September. The next meeting will be in Trenton.
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