By Elliott Ruga

What is more important: finding an affordable place to live or having a healthy and safe environment?

My profession might suggest I lean one way, but I understand how someone living out of their car in the dead of winter might prioritize differently, placing immediate shelter over clean water and a toxin-free environment.

The bigger question is: why are these critical values on a collision course? Why are we being forced to choose one over the other?

This year, when the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) proposed sweeping changes to its Flood Hazard Area, Wetlands, and Coastal Management Zone Rules in response to alarming climate models, builders’ lobbyists quickly intervened. They warned the governor that adopting these rules would lead to an economic r

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