Recently New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection announced that it intends to remove a landscape art structure from the courtyard of its State Street headquarters in Trenton, NJ. Athena Tacha’s Green Acres sculpture was put in place when the building was completed after a competition among landscape architects. This is a tough call. I have […]
Hearings are being held on the revised energy master plan, SRECS and the future of energy in New Jersey. As is the usual case in these hearings, it was reported that several groups had comments; opinions and suggestions with regard to their individual interests. I had the pleasure of speaking with several speakers after the […]
Recently, there have been several articles related to the state of recycling in New Jersey. The articles have covered the dollars given out in grants, the need for more grants, the sad state of recycling programs and the inability of towns and counties to do a better job of getting people to recycle more due […]
On July 28, 2011, the New York Times published a detailed article entitled “Japanese, in Shortage, Willingly Ration Watts.” As a result of the power crisis caused by the Fukushima nuclear accident and earthquake, Japan faces a real energy shortage. Rather than complain (I know, it is a different culture) the country is working to […]
In the June, 2011 edition of “New Jersey Lawyer,” Harry E. McLellan, III ESQ outlined several legal issues as they pertain to LEED building certification. The fundamental theme of the article is simple; at least as I see it, Green Building is now main – stream. Perhaps more importantly, this article points out that people […]