by Bill Barlow - Cape May County Herald | Jul 29, 2020 | Energy, Monmouth, New Jersey
The wind turbines, in Atlantic City, powering operations for the Atlantic County Utilities Authority, are currently the largest in the state. That could change dramatically in the coming years. One project plans turbines offshore, with many more proposals in the works...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jul 23, 2020 | Energy, Hunterdon, New Jersey
(Photo courtesy: Sierra Club NJ) Since 2014, Jacqueline Evans has been at war. After discovering that her organic farm in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, fell along the route of the proposed PennEast Pipeline, the artist and single mom threw herself into a battle many...
by Joseph F. Berenato - The Hammonton Gazette | Jun 27, 2020 | Atlantic, Energy, Infrastructure, New Jersey, Transportation, Water
NOTE: In New Jersey, environmental commissions consider many issues, including open space preservation, wetlands and water resource protection, green infrastructure, recycling and litter, environmental cleanups, wildlife habitat, energy efficiency, smart growth, and...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jun 11, 2020 | Energy, Middlesex, New Jersey
(Photo by Peter Miller / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ) The town of Princeton, NJ has flipped the switch on its energy provider. As of June 1, close to 90 percent of its households are now powered — at least in part — by locally sourced renewable energy. All Princeton residents...
by Joseph F. Berenato - The Hammonton Gazette | Jun 10, 2020 | Atlantic, Energy, New Jersey, Policy
(Photo Credit: DowntownHammonton.com) HAMMONTON —At a webinar presentation on May 14, the town of Hammonton received a $20,000 grant from Sustainable Jersey to assist with its master plan efforts. “The first is totally brand new; it is a green building and...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | May 27, 2020 | Energy, Middlesex, New Jersey
(Photo courtesy Solar Landscape) Up until mid-May, 21-year-old Emmanuel Tolentine of Scotch Plains, New Jersey worked as a cashier at QuickChek — a job he says was less than satisfying. “I was ready to get out of there, honestly,” he says. “Everyone was so rude. It’s...
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