The journal, Environmental Science and Technology has identified 10,500 chemicals in a range of plastics recently studied. More importantly, and of course more frightening, 2840 of these were “substances of potential concern” and 1000 of these can be harmful in small doses. To make matters worse, over half of the chemicals that are potentially harmful […]
Florida’s legislature has passed, and its Governor has signed, a law that mandates that municipalities MUST USE fossil fuels. They are not permitted to mandate renewable energy. Enough said. Read The Full Article Here:Ron Desantis Signs a Bill That Mandates Cities Keep Using Fossil Fuels
This debate is now raging in the U.S. and Europe. We see that in New Jersey there is an entire argument that we are “rewarding polluters” by awarding renewable energy status to Resource Recovery plants. The debate is now raging in the EU. The attached articles give a good outline of the issue…and here are […]
This sentence says it all on microplastics. “The staggering amount of microplastics we found likely means that no river, lake or stream is safe from this increasingly common contaminant.” Franz Savitz, PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center. Let me scare you some more. Rutgers is now studying the impact on marine species that we consume….including, blue […]
Westfield Green Careers Fair – May 2021 The Town of Westfield’s Green Team, in conjunction with the Westfield Board of Education and assistance from the NJ School Boards Association, held a high school level Green Career Fair in May to introduce students to future careers in the Green Economy. The Career Fair ran virtually over […]