Tag: Environment
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Environmental panel debuts Tip of the Month
MANALAPAN – The Manalapan Environmental Commission has started a new effort to promote environmental awareness and action through a series of monthly environmental tips. Residents can be on the lookout for these tips at the bottom of Manalapan email blasts and on the township’s Facebook page, according to a press release. The tips will appear…
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Writer seeks support for environmental protection
Under the golden dome in Trenton, an unremarkable piece of paper sits on a desk in the Legislature. The inconspicuous proposition calls for a statewide civic question. As early as this November, the state Legislature in concurrent Senate and Assembly resolutions calls for a green vote. The anticipated New Jersey question will be simple. “Yes”…
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Meet the mountains of the Pine Barrens
By Michele S. Byers For folks living in most of New Jersey, the idea of mountains in the low-lying Pine Barrens might seem farfetched. Many have never heard of the Forked River Mountains of Ocean County, located due west of Barnegat Bay and the Garden State Parkway. Although they are called mountains, the Forked River…
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Putting down new roots to help rivers
By Michele S. Byers Here’s a not-too-fun fact: 85 percent of New Jersey’s rivers are considered impaired, in large part because their banks are denuded of vegetation. Without trees, river banks erode, sediments and contaminants are washed into rivers, and waters become too warm for trout and other aquatic wildlife. Bare riverbanks and floodplains cannot…
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Speak up for endangered species
By Michele S. Byers When President Richard Nixon signed the landmark Endangered Species Act 45 years ago, he said, “Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers…
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Renewable energy: Save money and our land, water, air and health
By Michele S. Byers Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a new law that requires New Jersey to get half of its power from renewable energy by 2030, and he’s setting the bar even higher with a goal of achieving 100 percent clean energy by 2050, which should be defined to mean 100 percent renewable energy.…
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Public will have say on proposed ban of plastic bags in Hopewell Borough
A ban on one-use plastic bags may be in the works for Hopewell Borough under an ordinance that was introduced by the Borough Council earlier this month. The ordinance, which would prohibit borough businesses from handing out single-use plastic bags to their customers, is up for a public hearing and final action at the Sept.…
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Holmdel Environmental Commission finds issues with proposal from NJNG
The Holmdel Environmental Commission suggested that the proposed development of a New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) regulator station could have a negative impact on the environment in the municipality. NJNG seeks variances to construct a regulator station, access and utilities on a 16-acre site at 960 Holmdel Road in Holmdel, according to the environmental commission.…
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Check out the ‘fun’ in fungi
By Michele S. Byers How many times have you bent down to check out a mushroom, only to be told, “Stop! It may be poisonous!” New Jersey has several poisonous mushrooms and it goes without saying that you should not eat anything growing in the wild (including plant leaves, roots and berries) unless you know…
