Tag: Environmental
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West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North senior part of startup to help small businesses become more sustainable
Six high school seniors have taken the concept of Environmental, Social and Governance practices and have launched a startup to educate entrepreneurs on the concept. Sresth Gupta, a senior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, met Henry Eisenhardt and Ryan Wu, from Washington State, Jonathan Chiu, from Boston, Eudora Chi, an international student from Taiwan…
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Ocean Action Plan explained at open house
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Stakeholders and environmentalists were given the first look at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Action Plan, a multi-jurisdictional plan aimed at improving communications between government entities. John Kennedy, director of the Mid-Atlantic Gateway at U.S. Maritime Administration, said during the July 14 open house that was held…
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Environmental group gets grant for seminars
By Kenny Walter Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP–The Whalepond Brook Watershed Association will be focusing on educating the public on watersheds in the coming months. Faith Teitelbaum, a trustee with the watershed association, said a $4,700 grant from the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association to fund seminars on watersheds, starting in April in Ocean Township. “The first…
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Environmental groups happy with beach access rules
that By Kenny Walter Staff Writer LONG BRANCH-The New Jersey legislature has placed the role of regulating beach access back in the hands of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). On Jan. 19, Gov. Chris Christie signed a law that would allow the DEP to award permits and oversee beach access for development…