The move by New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal aims to force the Environmental Protection Agency to impose tougher limits on air pollution from hundreds of out-of-state industrial sources that contribute to high ozone levels in New Jersey.
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KDC Solar completes solar carports installation at CentraState
According to the health care system, the new installation, along with its previously installed ground-mounted system, make it the largest solar-powered hospital in the state.
Read More »PSEG sending workers to California following weekend wildfires
Seventy line workers will travel to the West Coast to assist local electric company PG&E with restoring power to hundreds of thousands of residents and businesses.
Read More »State eyes small business involvement with growing offshore wind sector
The EDA unveiled its Offshore Wind Technical Assistance Program, to aid Garden State businesses with learning industry standards and services so they can qualify for contracts.
Read More »Gerber launches TerraCycle recycling program
Parents can now access a prepaid shipping label to send in baby food pouches, which the Trenton-based recycler will clean and melt into hard plastics to be remolded into new products.
Read More »JCP&L named to New Jersey Sustainable Business Registry
The company's membership recognizes its focus on environmental awareness.
Read More »Subaru of America, TerraCycle to bring recycling program to REI stores nationwide
Stemming from its Subaru Loves the Earth initiative, Subaru of America, Inc. has provided co-branded TerraCycle collection boxes to REI stores nationwide. The Camden automaker and Trenton recycler aim to collect snack wrappers accumulated from outdoor activities ahead of REI’s annual #OptOutside anti-Black Friday event. The snack wrappers, commonly thought of as hard-to-recycle, will be melted down by ...
Read More »Middlesex Water Company invests $70M to upgrade water treatment plant
Middlesex Water Company is investing $70 million on various upgrades at its water treatment plant to provide increased resiliency and to replace sodium hypochlorite with ozone as the primary disinfectant at the Carl J. Olsen Treatment Plant in Edison. Project partners include Northeast Remsco Construction serving as the general contractor and Jacobs Engineering Group serving as the consulting engineer. Construction ...
Read More »NJIT scientists aim to triple the life of batteries
According to the school, traditional AA and AAA cells have capacities of around 300 milliampere hours per gram, a measure of how long a battery will hold a charge. In results published earlier this year, researchers Zhiqian Wang and Somenath Mitra demonstrated capacities as high as 750 mAh/g.
Read More »New Jersey reaches renewable energy milestone with 3GW of solar
The state Board of Public Utilities said Friday the state surpassed 3 gigawatts of solar power and 116,000 solar installations.
Read More »Stockton Poll: New Jersey residents say climate change is major problem
The survey from the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University shows 67 percent of New Jerseyans believe it is a crisis or major problem, and that a larger group believe it is already affecting the state.
Read More »Heat is on: Policymakers gather at MSU to sound the alarm about climate change and build momentum for solutions
Policymakers gather at Montclair State University to sound the alarm about climate change and build momentum for solutions.
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