by Alexis Shanes - NorthJersey.com | Jan 24, 2020 | Education, Environmental Justice, Middlesex, New Jersey
Solar panels manufactured by China’s Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. convert sunlight into electricity on the Livingston Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey (Photo: Rutgers University) NEW BRUNSWICK — A Rutgers University task...
by Alexis Shanes - NorthJersey.com | Jan 3, 2020 | Cape May, Ecology, New Jersey
Iconic monarch butterfly populations have declined 90 percent in 20 years, but good weather has produced a bumper crop this summer. Climate change and regulatory rollbacks spell doom for threatened and endangered species. But along the New Jersey coastline, one...
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 Alexis Shanes - NorthJersey.com | Dec 10, 2019 | Bergen, New Jersey, Waste
Vito Mazza stands next to Leonia elementary school’s new food waste dehydrator Dec. 9, 2019. (Photo: Jessie Glass) LEONIA — An elementary school in the borough became the first in the state on Monday to use a food dehydrator to reduce cafeteria waste. The...
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