by Annmary Ibrahim | Aug 5, 2022 | Article, Environmental Justice, Infrastructure, New Jersey, Policy, Transportation
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, around 95 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions in cities may come from motor vehicle exhaust. With this substantial contribution to global warming, drivers are being encouraged to look into electric vehicles (or...
by Dana DiFilippo | Aug 3, 2022 | Article, Ecology, Mercer, New Jersey, Policy, Trees
Off a quiet, curvy road in a sleepy section of Hopewell, the killers get started. They mix their deadly chemicals and pour the concoction into plastic backpacks, strapping them on Ghostbuster-style. Marching into the woods, they begin blasting away at their prey....
by Talia Wiener | Jul 29, 2022 | Article, Cities-Parks, Essex, New Jersey, Policy, Transportation
A resident-funded effort to slow down traffic in Montclair is awaiting approval from the township. John Sullivan, a Bike&Walk Montclair board member, and residents of Dodd Street submitted a traffic-calming pilot project proposal to the township on May 25, hoping...
by Clyde Hughes | Jul 27, 2022 | Article, Atlantic, Education, Environmental Justice, New Jersey, Policy
ATLANTIC CITY — When the world thinks about young people connected with the environmental and sustainability movement, images of youth like Swedish activist Greta Thunberg emerge, along with young environmental protesters taking to the streets in London and New York....
by Dana DiFilippo | Jul 26, 2022 | Article, Cities-Parks, Ecology, Hudson, New Jersey, Policy, Water, Wildlife
Liberty State Park again at center of controversy over development The half-mile stretch of Caven Point beach seems fairly ordinary, as beaches go. Birds fish in the flats and perch in the reeds, their calls the only sound breaking the silence of this nature preserve...
by Clyde Hughes | Jul 20, 2022 | Article, Atlantic, Environmental Justice, Health-Justice, New Jersey, Policy
ATLANTIC CITY — From Virginia to Los Angeles, they came to their concern over the environment and sustainability from different places but all arrived at the same conclusion. Entrepreneur Wes Gober, attorney Arielle King and the NAACP’s senior vice president Jamal...
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