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Two Visionaries In Vertical Farming Plan Project In New Jersey
Adam Stein once wrote dismissively of vertical farming: "the notion of spending "hundreds of millions" of dollars to build weird, poorly sited temples of food production in areas much better suited to...
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Into The Abyss: US State Environmental Agencies Outsourcing & Cutting Back Staff
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie pushed successfully to "outsource" one of the major functions of the State Department of Environmental Protection: cleaning up contaminated industrial sites. This...
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Catholic Cemetery Launches Green Burial Offerings
When I penned a guide a few short years ago on how to green your funeral, it seemed like most of the options available for a more sustainable burial leaned, shall we say, toward the new agey
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Yellow Pages Unveils National Opt-Out Site, Responds to Paper Book Critics...
Neg Norton is president of the Yellow Pages Association, a group that's taken some hits on TreeHugger for pushing paper phone books. Today, his association is rolling out a new, national opt-out...
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New Jersey Bill Proposes To Ban Fracking - Would Be First State To Do So
Some good news/bad news or at least good news/interesting news on fracking, good news first: As TruthOut reports, New Jersey legislators have put forth a bill that would ban fracking in the state,...
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New Jersey Governor Wants to Put Environment Funds Toward Road Development...
If New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gets his way at a budget hearing today, state funds that had been dedicated to clean energy will be redirected to highway-widening and other fossil fuel-promoting...
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New Jersey Governor Pulls Out of Regional Climate Initiative
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, officially described as the "first market-based regulatory program in the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions" with the goal of a 10-percent...
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The Hypocrisy of Chris Christie, "New Jersey's No. 1 Clean Energy Advocate"
During Chris Christie's 2009 campaign for governor, he boasted that he would be the state's "number one clean energy advocate". And ever since then, he's courageously done everything in his power to ...
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New Jersey Legislature Votes To Ban Fracking
We knew this might be coming for the last three months: New Jersey has become the first state in the US to enact a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, popularly known as fracking....
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Black Bear Wanders into Suburbia Looking For Love
Photo: cbrown1023 / cc Earlier this week, residents in East Brunswick, New Jersey reported seeing a black bear wandering through their suburb, so wildlife officials were dispatched to pick him up --...
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9MW New Jersey Solar Roof Will Be Biggest in the USA
When I wrote about Renault's 60MW solar project in France, I noted that it is getting hard to decide what is impressive these
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New Jersey Governor Vetoes Fracking Ban - Wants One Year Moratorium Instead
So New Jersey might not have a ban on fracking after all. Though the state legislature approved a ban on the natural gas extraction process at the end of June, governor Chris Christie has vetoed the...
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Does New York City Really Need a New Natural Gas Pipeline, At the End of The...
With all the rightful focus the environmental community is placing on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, you'd be forgiven for not hearing about another contentious proposed pipeline. There are...
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Known Carcinogen Spreading Through Groundwater in New Jersey, Hundreds at Risk
The same toxic stuff Erin Brokovich discovered in Hinkley is leeching into a New Jersey community. This is exactly why we need good, well-upheld environmental protections.
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Mayor's Plan to Rid Town of Skunks Just Doesn't Smell Right
Mayor Martin Pagliughi of Avalon has set about removing the animals from his island borough, and it's caught the attention of state wildlife officials who say the action could be illegal.
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EPA Supports Environmental Justice for New Jersey Farm Workers
The EPA has announced a grant for a Latino-led farm worker organization in New Jersey to educate migrant workers about the risks of pesticide exposure.
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Man Relocates 30,000 Bees Found Living in an Attic
Up until recently, Victoria Clayton and her boyfriend were under the impression that they were the only ones sharing their charming home in Cape May, New Jersey -- but they couldn't bee more wrong.
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New Jersey Beats California For Most New Solar Power Installations
In the first three months of 2012 the Garden State installed roughly 20 MW more solar power than the Golden State.
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9 Records Blown Away by Superstorm Sandy
She may not have caused the most property damage, but the superstorm extraordinaire holds some impressive records.
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12 Ways to Help Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts
How to volunteer, where to donate, and more handy post-Hurricane Sandy info.
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