by Vernon Ogrodnek - The Press of Atlantic City | Dec 31, 2019 | Atlantic, New Jersey, Video, Waste
SOMERS POINT — It sounded like a great idea at the time: ban all single-use plastic bags. Blamed for killing and maiming sea life and clogging landfills, plastic bags have many detractors. Americans use 100 billion of them a year, with only 1% of those bags being...
by Alexis Shanes - NorthJersey.com | Dec 30, 2019 | Bergen, Infrastructure, New Jersey
Time-lapse of the solar panel installation project at Garret Mountain Plaza in Woodland Park, NJ. North Jersey Record MetLife Stadium in the North Jersey Meadowlands is among the nation’s greenest stadiums. It has a massive-scale recycling program and a ring of...
by Alexis Shanes - NorthJersey.com | Dec 27, 2019 | Bergen, New Jersey, Waste
Because of its recycling performance in 2017, Bergen County has received $1.7 million in recycling grants from the state, more than any other county in New Jersey. Money from the state’s Recycling Enhancement Act, which includes a $3-per-ton surcharge on trash...
by Vernon Ogrodnek - The Press of Atlantic City | Dec 21, 2019 | Cape May, Ecology, New Jersey, Wildlife
All eyes were on the skies during a New Jersey Audubon birding festival in Cape May Point. Bird watchers from all over over the state, and beyond, got their fill of the myriad of birds found in South Jersey from coopers to sharp-shinned hawks. And as varied as the...
by editors@civicstory.org | Dec 20, 2019 | Hub News
Interested in reporting on New Jersey’s transition to a healthy future? Passionate about quality journalism that empowers citizens? We’re offering 8 early-to mid-career journalists an exciting 6-month fellowship opportunity called the...
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