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Environment & Energy
Oct 05, 2013
Stink bug season arrives in New Jersey, but census stifled by government shutdown
The Record
The good news is that when stink bugs get into your home, all they want to do is hibernate. They don’t breed or feed during this time. And they don’t carry diseases harmful to humans.
Comment
Emails tracked NJ Transit's plan for rail fleet during Superstorm Sandy
The Record
The day before Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey, more than a dozen NJ Transit workers — from yardmasters to the top executive — shared emails describing where and how the agency’s ...
Comment
Oct 04, 2013
Officials won't punish Englewood for improperly draining a public pool into Overpeck Park
The Record
The state Department of Environmental Protection won’t punish the city for improperly draining a public swimming pool into a brook that feeds Overpeck Creek.
Comment
Stink bugs are expected to invade in record numbers
Wayne Today
What’s the big stink all about? Halyomorpha halys, better known as “stink bugs,” are expected to pop up in record numbers and will be taking up residence in your home as the onslaught of cold ...
Comment
Oct 03, 2013
China recycling cleanup jolts global industry
The Record
China for years has welcomed the world's trash, creating a roaring business in recycling and livelihoods for tens of thousands. Now authorities are clamping down on an industry that has helped ...
Comment
Oct 02, 2013
Greenpeace activists charged with piracy in Russia
The Record
Greenpeace said Wednesday that 14 of its activists who were detained after protesting at a Russian oil platform have been charged with piracy, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Comment
Oct 01, 2013
Zimbabwe: Poachers poison 91 elephants
The Record
The stench of rotting elephant carcasses hangs in the air in western Zimbabwe, where wildlife officials say at least 91 elephants were poisoned with cyanide by poachers who hack off the tusks ...
Comment
US judge OKs natural gas class actions in Virginia suits
The Record
A federal judge has certified a handful of class-action lawsuits accusing two energy companies of cheating southwest Virginia residents out of tens of millions of dollars in royalty payments for natural gas drilled on their land.
Comment
Sep 30, 2013
EPA announces $46.7M Ringwood cleanup plan
The Record
Almost 200,000 tons of contaminated soil would be removed from the 500-acre Ringwood Superfund site — where the Ford Motor Co. dumped toxic paint sludge from its Mahwah factory 40 years ago — ...
Comment
Cassini detects plastic ingredient on Saturn moon
The Record
You expect to find plastics in your lunch box, not on a moon of Saturn.
Comment
Air gets dirtier in Bergen, Passaic as economy revives
The Record
After three consecutive years of decline, air pollution from industrial facilities rose slightly in Bergen County last year as an improving economy generated more demand for products made by ...
Comment
Sep 28, 2013
Bird banding exposes avian diversity
The Record
One of the coolest parts of my job is watching the Meadowlands Commission's annual fall bird-banding research project.
Comment
Sep 27, 2013
‘River Man’ hopes to save the Passaic
The Record
Two months ago, Rick Rodriguez woke up with a vision: He would change the public’s perception of the Passaic River from that of a polluted waterway to a popular recreation destination.
Comment
Migrating bird that gorges in southern New Jersey may get protection
The Record
The red knot, a small bird that uses New Jersey’s beaches like a giant highway rest stop during its 9,000-mile migration each spring, has declined in numbers by as much as 75 percent since the ...
Comment
Sep 26, 2013
NJ's solar energy market shows continued strength
The Record
New Jersey remains one of the strongest states in solar energy installations. It ranked second in new solar capacity in 2011, and was third in 2012.
Comment
New England sees rise in warm-water ocean species
The Record
Fish commonly found in warm ocean waters to the south have become more common in New England as ocean temperatures rise.
Comment
Sep 24, 2013
Tenafly Council extends Nature Center lease in step toward building education center
The Record
The Borough Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a new 24-year lease for the Tenafly Nature Center, clearing the way for the center to apply for federal approval for its new education center.
Comment
Judge dismisses summons issued to Ramsey couple accused of feeding wildlife
The Record
A municipal judge on Tuesday dismissed a summons that had been issued to a borough woman for allegedly feeding wildlife in her back yard.
Comment
Foes of replacing Garret Mountain reservoirs urge Passaic County officials to fight the project
North Jersey Cars
Led by Woodland Park Mayor Keith Kazmark, about two dozen citizens appeared at the freeholder meeting Tuesday to urge the county’s elected officials to get behind efforts to block the Passaic Valley Water Commission’s project. On Monday night, the Woodland Park ...
Comment
Six workers exposed to ozone gas at Haworth United Water facility
The Record
Six maintenance workers were exposed Tuesday to dangerous ozone gas at United Water’s treatment facility here. No one was injured. During routine maintenance, a leak was detected and the ozone system was shut down, said Steve Goudsmith, a United Water spokesman.
Comment
Piranha cousin hooked in Passaic
The Record
Tom Boylan knows fishing. Last year, the 77-year-old retired bus driver caught 892 carp at Passaic’s Third Ward Veterans Memorial Park in almost daily trips to the lake. But nothing could have ...
Comment
Sep 23, 2013
Opponents ramp up fight against Obama climate plan
The Record
Republican lawmakers and industry groups are vowing to fight President Barack Obama's climate change plan and its first-ever emission limits on new power plants. But they're finding their options are limited — at least in the short term.
Comment
Paterson's Great Falls part of international coastal cleanup event
Paterson Press
More than than 200 people descended on the neighborhood around the Great Falls on Saturday to participate in an international coastal clean-up effort sponsored by the Ocean Conservancy.
Comment
Report: Environmental chemicals a pregnancy risk
The Record
From mercury to pesticides, Americans are exposed daily to environmental chemicals that could harm reproductive health, the nation's largest groups of obstetricians and fertility specialists said Monday.
Comment
Sep 21, 2013
Pipe had leak months before Hawaii molasses spill
The Record
On two occasions since last year, state inspectors saw molasses dripping from the same spot where a pipe leaked up to 1,400 tons of the sugary substance into Honolulu Harbor earlier this month ...
Comment
Sep 20, 2013
Obama seeks tight new cap on emissions
The Record
The Obama administration’s proposal would set the first national limits on heat-trapping pollution from future power plants. A similar rule will be issued by June of next year to control how much carbon dioxide existing coal and gas-fired power plants can ...
Comment
Researchers turn to cannons to save on of NJ's endangered birds
The Record
Three cannons explode on a deserted Cape Cod beach, unleashing a startling cloud of white smoke and sand. In tandem, projectiles erupt from the ground, flinging a net over a group of elusive ...
Comment
Sep 19, 2013
Passaic River towns eligible for $3 million in grants for debris-clearing projects
The Record
The Christie Administration has made $3 million in grant money available to communities in the Passaic River basin to pay for projects that would clear the Passaic and its seven tributaries of ...
Comment
Japan PM wants Fukushima plant entirely scrapped
The Record
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the operator of the country's crippled nuclear power plant Thursday to scrap all six reactors at the site instead of just four already slated for ...
Comment
Warming lull haunts authors of key climate report
The Record
Scientists working on a landmark U.N. report on climate change are struggling to explain why global warming appears to have slowed down in the past 15 years even though greenhouse gas ...
Comment
Sep 18, 2013
$17 million Maywood Superfund site cleanup public comment period extended
The Record
The federal government is giving North Jersey residents an extra month to comment on a $17 million cleanup proposal for a Superfund site in Maywood.
Comment
Obama officials: Rule won't kill coal-fired power
The Record
President Barack Obama's top energy and environmental officials say there is a future for coal, despite a pending regulation aimed at limiting global warming pollution from new power plants that Republicans and the coal industry say will doom the fuel source.
Comment
Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology get grant to study Meadowlands flooding
The Record
A team of researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology has been awarded nearly $300,000 by the state to study flood hazards facing Meadowlands communities and the best ways to reduce flooding.
Comment
Sep 17, 2013
Alaska asks ConocoPhillips to reopen liquid natural gas plant
The Record
The state of Alaska is asking ConocoPhillips to reopen its liquefied natural gas plant on the Kenai Peninsula.
Comment
Fall foliage forecast: vibrant views in store for Mid-Atlantic
NorthJersey.com
AccuWeather.com reports as summer comes to a close, signs of fall are prematurely visible in leaves across the mid-Atlantic, the area most likely to receive a vibrant display of foliage this ...
Comment
Virginia company about to make space station debut
Argus
A Virginia company is all set to make its first-ever supply run to the International Space Station.
Comment
Colorado flooding could keep tourists away
The Record
A little more than a year after Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper insisted his wildfire-ravaged state was still "open for business," he may have to throw another lifeline to the state's ...
Comment
Sep 16, 2013
New, taller power lines revive old safety fears
The Record
But the sight of 65-foot-tall pillars along some of the region’s wealthiest suburban streets raised a question first asked more than 30 years ago: Could the higher-voltage power lines strung between the poles increase the risk of cancer for nearby residents?
Comment
Supporters, opponents of plan to protect N.J. power grid against storms have say at hearing
The Record
A multibillion dollar plan to protect part of New Jersey’s power grid against major storms drew a mix of cheers and jeers on Monday afternoon, as trade unions, business groups, senior citizens and others turned out at a public hearing to urge its approval or its ...
Comment
Researcher trying to ID fossil found outside Vegas
The Record
A Nevada paleontologist said Monday that he thinks apparent dinosaur bone fossils found at a state park about 20 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip could date to the late Triassic period and might be the oldest land animal ever found in the state.
Comment
Sep 14, 2013
The public can weigh in on controversial $3.9B PSE&G; upgrade at Essex County College
The Record
The public will get a chance to weigh in Monday on a controversial $3.9 billion plan by the state’s largest utility company to upgrade its power grid and avert the kinds of damage and power outages that have followed major storms in recent years.
Comment
Sep 13, 2013
Hot spots may hamper investigation into the Seaside boardwalk fire; perhaps 50 businesses damaged
The Record
Continuing hot spots could hamper investigators trying to figure out the cause of a fire that charred four blocks of bars, pizza shops and T-shirt stands — perhaps 50 businesses in all — on ...
Comment
Sep 12, 2013
Photos: Seaside boardwalk fire and aftermath
The Record
The flames were destroying new boardwalk wood that had just been replaced days before Memorial Day weekend as both towns raced to recover from the devastation of Superstorm Sandy.
Comment
Sep 13, 2013
Fire at Jersey Shore boardwalk follows Sandy's wrath
NorthJersey.com
The scene of so much destruction on the New Jersey shore has a new landmark to replace the mangled Jet Star roller coaster: a charred boardwalk and dozens of smoldering businesses, newly ...
Comment
EPA sending experts to Hawaii for molasses spill
The Record
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is sending two spill experts to Hawaii to help clean up some 1,400 tons of molasses that spilled into Honolulu Harbor this week.
Comment
Sep 12, 2013
New anguish for the Jersey Shore: Fire engulfs boardwalk and businesses
The Record
Residents and visitors watched in helpless horror Thursday as a raging inferno consumed nearly three dozen businesses in Seaside Park, many of which were recently rebuilt after being ravaged ...
Comment
NASA: Voyager 1 probe has left the solar system
The Record
Thirty-six years after it was launched from Earth on a tour of the outer planets, the plutonium-powered probe is more than 11 1/2 billion miles from the sun, cruising through what scientists ...
Comment
Massive molasses spill in Hawaii killing thousands of fish
The Record
Thousands of fish are expected to die in Honolulu waters after a leaky pipe caused 1,400 tons of molasses to ooze into the harbor and kill marine life, state officials said.
Comment
Sep 11, 2013
Dredging of Passaic River halted after swing bridge breaks
The Record
The dredging of contaminated mud on the Passaic River has been halted for at least 30 days because a century-old swing bridge has again broken down, preventing barges from hauling out the material, officials said Wednesday.
Comment
Sep 10, 2013
Buono pledges to rejoin regional greenhouse gas coalition that Christie abandoned
The Record
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono said Tuesday that, if she is elected governor, New Jersey would rejoin a coalition of eastern states set up to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ...
Comment
Sierra Club endorses Booker in U.S. Senate race
The Record
Citing stark contrasts between the two candidates running for U.S. Senate, the Sierra Club announced it is endorsing Democrat Cory Booker during an event on the waterfront in Hoboken on ...
Comment
Sep 09, 2013
Ridgewood residents address utitlity board with concerns over tall poles
The Record
More than 30 Ridgewood residents attended a hearing of the state Board of Public Utilities on Monday night to complain about the recent installation by the Public Service Electric & Gas Co. of ...
Comment
Sep 08, 2013
Ridgefield Park couple plan to build a nature sanctuary next door [video]
The Record
Steve and Linda Quinn recently spent $210,000 to buy the house next door to them in Ridgefield Park. Then they spent $28,000 to tear it down. They don’t intend to build a larger house on the ...
Comment
Sep 05, 2013
N.J.'s risk of another Sandy is low for this year, but rising seas increase odds by next century, report says
The Record
The likelihood of Sandy-like flooding could become far more common by the end of this century — once every 20 years, or even every year, depending on the extent of future sea level rise, ...
Comment
Englewood to investigate improper drainage of chlorinated pool water into Overpeck Creek
The Record
The city and county have launched separate investigations into why a public swimming pool was improperly drained into a brook that feeds Overpeck Creek.
Comment
Alabama: No rehab for baby raccoons, other animals
The Record
Wildlife lovers are protesting a new state rule in Alabama they say is a death sentence for helpless baby raccoons, skunks and other wild animals there.
Comment
National Zoo: 2-week-old panda cub is female
The Record
The Smithsonian's National Zoo announced Thursday that its 2-week-old giant panda cub is female and her father is National Zoo panda Tian Tian
Comment
Sep 04, 2013
Non-profit opens a kayak center in Overpeck Park
The Record
Hackensack Riverkeeper opened the kayak center about four weeks ago, and has seen a steady trickle of renters each day that it’s open. “There’s nothing more powerful to get people interested ...
Comment
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