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Bloomfield life: $30K PSE&G grant rescues Bloomfield Tech lab
Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. (center) joined with the Essex County Vocational Technical School District March 2 to receive a $30,000 contribution from PSE&G to support the Green Energy Academy at Essex County Bloomfield Tech.
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Ricardo Perez enjoys learning about wind turbines. Maybe Perez, a freshman at Essex County Vocational Technical High School in Bloomfield, will be inclined to design them one day. With the hands-on training he’s receiving now, he just might do so. This past Tuesday, Bloomfield Tech received a $30,000 PSE&G grant to support the Green Energy Academy within the Blue Ribbon School. Established in 2008, the academy prepares students for careers in the new and burgeoning field of green jobs.
Passaic Valley Today: ‘Green’ lights help cut down energy costs
Cobra head fixture
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Brighter street lights are reducing the municipality’s tax bills. "Besides being great for the environment, it saves taxpayers money," said Mayor Pat Lepore. A PSE&G spokeswoman said the installations are complete in neighboring Totowa and Little Falls and that Woodland Park’s installations, which started on Feb. 8, are on track to continue through the week, pending weather delays. "We’ve gotten positive responses from the towns we’re working in and were looking forward to keeping the project going," said Nicole Swan, a spokeswoman for Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G). She added that JBL Electric Inc., the company PSE&G contracted for towns in North Jersey has been working consistently. Swan also said the utility’s contractors have been installing between 1,300 and 1,500 lights per week statewide.
Courier Post Online: S.J. supports green nation
PNC Bank is leading the state in green building. It has 22 LEED-design branches, with the newest in Monroe. PNC's buildings are made with recycled materials and use low-flow toilets, natural lighting and energy-efficient heating and cooling systems.
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New Jersey's reputation as a green state did not begin as a mere bumper sticker slogan. It began April 2008, as the state was sliding into a crippling period of $4-a-gallon gasoline. Then-Gov. Jon S. Corzine endorsed a master plan mandating conservation, a reduction in greenhouse emissions and a commitment to produce more energy locally to increase reliability and reduce costs. Unlike prior energy plans dating back to the oil shocks of the 1970s, this plan has teeth, measured benchmarks and strategies to upgrade the state's power portfolio, educate and entice the public and invest in emerging technology to jump-start change.
The Record: Pompton Lakes residents begin suing DuPont over pollution
Pompton Lakes
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In 2008, the state Department of Environmental Protection determined that the solvents were in some cases vaporizing up through the soil into basements in the neighborhood. DuPont has agreed to install venting systems on every home in the neighborhood to remove the vapors. It is also developing a plan to clean up the contaminated groundwater. The plan is scheduled to be submitted to the state Department of Environmental Protection and federal Environmental Protection Agency in June.
NJ.com: National parks group opposes $750M power line project in northern N.J.
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The National Parks Conservation Foundation is opposing a major Pennsylvania-New Jersey power line project that would cut through three federal parks, the group has announced. The proposed Susquehanna-Roseland project would have negative impacts on the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River, and Appalachian National Scenic Trail, the group said in a statement released last week.
NorthJersey.com: N.J.’s new law promises faster remediation, at a price
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New Jersey companies involved in environmental cleanups are grappling with major changes affecting their businesses stemming from a new state law that makes consultants responsible for signing off on toxic site mitigation. Remediation consultants and developers, as well as property owners, are struggling to understand how they will be affected by the legislation, which took effect in November, that accelerates cleanups by privatizing the work.
Bloomfield Life: Earthquakes and the Purgen Coal Plant
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Earthquakes in New Jersey? Yes! According to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection there have been 164 recorded earthquakes since 1783, usually minor, that have had their epicenter in our state with a rating of 0.4 to 5.3. Two most recent ones occurred Feb. 5 and 7, centered in Far Hills in Somerset County. Although they were minor, residents reported hearing explosions that were actually rocks breaking close to the surface. There was no damage done. (In comparison, the tragic earthquake in Haiti was 7.0 in magnitude.)
Sierra Club: Carbon Capture & Storage - Does it Work?
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 (rescheduled from Feb. 10th)
Speaker: Dr. Daniela Shebitz, Professor of Ecology at Kean University
Topic: Carbon Capture & Storage - Does it Work?
Continuing its focus on energy issues, Dr. Daniela Shebitz, Professor of Ecology at Kean University will cover the concept of Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS), discuss it’s impact on combating climate change and relate it to the broader theme of wetlands preservation. Following her presentation, there will be a general discussion of the proposed massive coal-fired power plant which will pilot the use of CCS technology in Linden, New Jersey.
The Star-Ledger: PSEG to apply for permit to build another nuclear power plant in N.J.
PSE&G's Hope Creek nuclear plant located in Lower Alloways Creek in this 1995 file photo.
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The New York Times: Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Foiling E.P.A.
The mouth of Avondale Creek in Alabama, into which a pipe maker dumped oil, lead and zinc.
A court ruling made the waterway exempt from the Clean Water Act.
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