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Stone Cold Killer		20 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Stone Cold Killer The massive storm that dumped feet of snow on the Northeast over the weekend was lovely to look at, fun to play in -- and bad news for some river species. In an effort to unbury themselves, many cities in the region dumped plowed snow directly into nearby rivers, a practice some scientists warn could harm stone flies, a de ...
Topics: marine life, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Northeast, Pennsylvania, rivers and watersheds, West Virginia, wildlife (all these topics)

We Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden		19 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
We Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden New Jersey may be the Garden State -- but can it be known as green in other ways as well? Gov. James McGreevey (D) thinks it can, and he's embarking on an ambitious plan to make the state a national leader in clean energy. Earlier this year, the state government agreed to purchase at least 12 percent of the electricity it consumes from renewable energy ventures. Last week, M ...
Topics: New Jersey, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

New Issue, Same Old Jersey		16 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
New Issue, Same Old Jersey South Camden, N.J., has the distinction of being one of the nation's poorest cities -- and an important East Coast laboratory for the environmental justice movement. Environmental justice advocates believe South Camden's poverty goes a long way toward explaining why the city is home to so many plants and factory facilities, many of which spew toxic waste into the water and air. The cit ...
Topics: environmental justice, New Jersey, politics (all these topics)

Bright Lights on the Big City		04 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Bright Lights on the Big City Residents of New York, rejoice: Your city might be noisy, crowded, and crass, but it's also the most compact megalopolis in the U.S. That's right -- the Big Apple ranked number one on Smart Growth America's recently released list compar ...
Topics: air pollution, California, Florida, Hawaii, health, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, placemaking, pollution and waste, Rhode Island (all these topics)

New Source, Same Old Crap		25 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
New Source, Same Old Crap In the most far-reaching move to relax air pollution rules in years, the Bush administration on Friday gave refineries new flexibility to upgrade their facilities without having to reduce emissions. The U.S. EPA also outlined proposals that would give aging coal-fired power plants a similar advantage - ...
Topics: air pollution, commercial and industry organizations, energy, Maryland, New England, New Jersey, New York, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Hazing Ritual		30 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Hazing Ritual It might be officially nicknamed the Golden State, but sometimes, it's more like the Yellowish-Brown State: California continues to lead the U.S. in dirty air, with nearly twice as many "smog days" as any other state in the union, a recent report by an e ...
Topics: air pollution, California, environmental non-government organizations, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, politics, pollution and waste, Texas (all these topics)

Big Plan on Campus Universities combat climate change	Shelley Smithson	31 Jul 2002	Main Dish
"Do it in the dark!" That's the rallying cry at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., where an ambitious campaign is under way to cut greenhouse gases. Sure, climate change activism -- conserving energy, using renewable fuels, and constructing eco-friendly buildings -- isn't as sexy as marching against Vietnam or burning bras. But in an increasingly warm world, working to reverse global climate chang ...
Topics: campus activism, climate, education, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, United States (all these topics)

Bada Bing!		07 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
Bada Bing! In a potentially significant breakthrough for the environmental justice movement, New Jersey has become the first state to propose environmental-equity regulations for companies looking to move into minority or low-income communities. The rules, which were drafted by the state Department of Environmental Protection, would feed companies' plans into a ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, New Jersey, placemaking, pollution and waste (all these topics)

This Old Coal-fired Power Plant		25 Jan 2002	Daily Grist
This Old Coal-fired Power Plant Even as the Bush administration works to relax clean-air regulations on coal-fired power plants, New Jersey's biggest energy supplier agreed yesterday to spend $337 million over the next 10 years to cut emissions from two plants. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said the settlement between PSEG Power showed a "continuing commi ...
Topics: air pollution, energy, environmental justice, New Jersey, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Garden State, Meet the Cement State		18 Jan 2002	Daily Grist
Garden State, Meet the Cement State Bad news on the environmental justice front: Poor and minority residents of Camden, N.J., aren't having much luck with efforts to sue the state for allowing a cement factory to spew pollution in their neighborhood. The residents successfully convinced U.S. District Judge Stephen Orlofsky that the siting of the plant was discriminatory, but Or ...
Topics: environmental justice, New Jersey, politics, pollution and waste, population (all these topics)

They've Got Our Vote		07 Nov 2001	Daily Grist
They've Got Our Vote Environmentalists scored significant victories in yesterday's gubernatorial elections, with Democrats James McGreevey and Mark Warner taking office in New Jersey and Virginia, respectively. McGreevey defeated Republican candidate Bret Schundler in a race where environmental issues, especially open spaces and clean air and wat ...
Topics: air pollution, California, New Jersey, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, Virginia, water pollution (all these topics)

Green Gobblin'		31 Oct 2001	Daily Grist
Green Gobblin' The environment has been a defining issue in New Jersey's gubernatorial race, where Democrat James McGreevey and Republican Bret Schundler are vying to lead the nation's most densely populated state. McGreevey, who says eight years of Republican control by former governor and current U.S. EPA head Christie Whitman were bad for the state's environment, is a champion of green causes and has been endorsed by the New Jersey ...
Topics: New Jersey, politics (all these topics)

Cemental Case		27 Sep 2001	Daily Grist
Cemental Case A cement plant in Camden, N.J., shouldn't be allowed to operate because it may be imposing an unfair pollution burden on a poor, minority neighborhood, a South Camden citizens group argued before a federal appeals court on Tuesday. A lawyer for the group told a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ...
Topics: environmental justice, New Jersey, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Oregon Trailblazers		06 Sep 2001	Daily Grist
Oregon Trailblazers When it comes to sustainability, Oregon is No. 1, says the San Francisco-based Resource Renewal Institute. The group ranked states on transit spending, open-space protection, recycling, and pollution prevention, among other things. New Jersey (shocking!) and Minnesota came in second and third, respectively. The institute's Randy Solomon said Oregon took top honors be ...
Topics: green living, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, placemaking, Portland (all these topics)

Chamber of Horrors	Ben White	24 May 2000	Muckraker
You'd think the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wouldn't have much free time on its hands these days, what with the raging debate over permanent normal trade relations for China. But the industry-friendly group recently managed to cobble together a charming volume called The Environmentalists' Little Green Book, a compendium of off-the-wall quotes and blistering bon mots from various environmental luminaries and lesser-knowns. The slim 47-page booklet beg ...
Topics: Delaware, energy, Maryland, Muckraker, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, politics, Virginia, West Virginia (all these topics)

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