Tag: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
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New Jersey DEP urges residents to check trees for beech leaf disease
Officials at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are urging New Jersey residents to check trees on their property for signs of beech leaf disease and to report their findings to the New Jersey Forest Service, DEP Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced. Beech leaf disease was first detected in Bergen and Essex counties…
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Environmental organizations, businesses press Murphy Administration to adopt flood regulatory reforms
Environmental organizations are urging Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration to implement New Jersey Protecting Against Climate Threats, or NJPACT, rules for flood hazard regulations and use of updated rainfall data as the state marks the one-year anniversary of Tropical Storm Ida on Sept. 1. Organizations that include The Watershed Institute, Sierra Club and Delaware Riverkeeper Network…
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Old Bridge officials celebrate Phase 1 Cottrell Farm restoration with ‘sneak peek’ for public
OLD BRIDGE – Close to 200 years ago, the Cottrell Farm site was a thriving apple orchard. Township officials are in the process of restoring the site to that thriving state. However, instead of an apple orchard, passive recreation is planned for the site. “It will be a place to hang out in the central…
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Princeton’s Morven Museum and Garden receives National Park Service grant
Morven Museum and Garden received a half a million grant from the Semiquincentennial Grant Program funded by the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service. “We are delighted to receive the National Park Service (NPS) funding to help prepare Morven for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence,” Morven’s…
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Old Bridge officials: Community solar power project on former Global Landfill site a ‘win-win’
OLD BRIDGE – The township has approved a community solar power project on the former Global Landfill site. “For years the site has been dormant,” Township Planner Veena Sawant said. “A developer came forward with a good idea.” AC Power LLC, N.Y., is the designated developer for the site. The developer presented its proposal at…
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Watershed Institute warns residents about increased HABs statewide
The Watershed Institute is warning the public about the public health risk of harmful algal blooms, which have already impacted Millstone River and Lake Carnegie. According to the organization, the harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a serious public health risk that are currently present in the Cranbury Brook, Millstone River, Lake Carnegie and other lakes…
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New Jersey leads U.S. in correcting injustice in exposure to pollution
By Jay Watson Many New Jersey residents are lucky enough to live in places where they can breathe clean air and drink clean, healthy water. But many others are not, especially those in low income and minority neighborhoods, which have more than their fair share of polluting industries like incinerators and power generating plants. “If…
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Electric vehicle charging stations aid Mercer County efforts in sustainability
Electric vehicle owners are able to charge their vehicles at 11 newly installed charging stations at Mercer County facilities. County officials announced the installation of the dual-port Level 2 ChargePoint electric vehicle (EV) charging stations were open and ready for the public on June 28. Electric vehicles used by the public are charged $1 an…
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East Brunswick community ‘getting past plastics one bottle at a time’
EAST BRUNSWICK – Getting past plastics one bottle at a time. That is the movement the East Brunswick Hadassah, the East Brunswick Sustainability Task Force and Alpha Delta Kappa launched at a public forum as they hosted a panel to discuss alternatives to plastic, recycling habits and the adverse effects that plastic materials have on…
