New Jersey Politics – AG to be named Supreme Court justice Gov. Jon Corzine has decided to nominate Attorney General Stuart Rabner to the top judicial post. His First Assistant AG Anne Milgram likely will replace him Star-Ledger
New Jersey Environment – Paramus school is shut while DEP removes soil Star-Ledger Farmers survive the lost bee colonies In the self-proclaimed blueberry capital of the world, the mysterious disappearance of the honey bee could have spelled disaster Inquirer
Pennsylvania Environment – Regulators delay PPL rate decision State regulators vote to investigate a PPL’s $83.6M rate-hike request Express-Times DEP, railroad agree on creek cleanup Norfolk Southern will complete restoration of a train derailment site where 42,000 gallons of lye damaged a trout stream Centre Daily Times
Pennsylvania Politics – Poll shows voters want legislative term limits Post-Gazette
New York/Nation/World – Study: Wind turbines=dead birds IthicaJournal.com Parkinson’s linked to pesticides Forbes Japan pushes for wider whale hunt National Public Radio

NJ Politics – Primary will help reshape Trenton This is the year the young Turks take over. A dozen senators, many with decades of experience, and a handful of assemblymen have opted not to seek re-electionStar-Ledger NJ Environment – Utility official guilty in latest corruption trial A jury on Friday convicted former Western Monmouth Utilities Authority executive director Frank G. Abate, 60, of receiving thousands of dollars in free architectural services paid for by developers with applications pending before the WMUA AP Press PA Environment – Fearing a flood of toxins At the old Occidental chemical plant in L. Pottsgrove, near the banks of the Schuylkill River, landfills and man-made lagoons hold decades of industrial refuse, including vinyl chloride, a carcinogen, and dioxin, one of the world’s most lethal substances Inquirer Interactive map of cleanup efforts New York/Nation/World – Biodiesel makers see opportunity in NY NY Times Lawmakers push big subsidies for coal NY Times Uranium windfall opens choices NYT