Water is top environmental issue of 21st century, Whitman tells Great Swamp gala
Protecting the water supply is America’s top environmental challenge, former New Jersey governor and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Christine Todd Whitman told an environmental...
View ArticleClean Energy Future: A Forum on Opportunities for New Jersey!
Come to “Clean Energy Future: A Forum on Opportunities for New Jersey!” Hear a panel of experts ranging from climate scientists to renewables industry experts share uplifting news about advancements in...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Ballot question vote a victory for NJ environment
Editor’s note: The opinions reflected below are the author’s, and do not necessarily reflect those of this publication. EDITOR: New Jersey’s environment was a big winner on Nov. 7, as voters approved...
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Sierra Club raps Frelinghuysen environmental record, at Morris Township forum
Editor’s note: This updated version adds a Frelinghuysen response. Asserting that Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen’s “priorities are wrong,” Jeff Tittel of the New Jersey Sierra Club on Thursday chided the...
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Combating climate change is a ‘moral obligation,’ BPU commissioner tells...
Residents have a moral obligation to minimize climate change, Commissioner Joseph Fiordaliso of the state Board of Public Utilities told a Morristown audience on Sunday. “We’re talking about a severe...
View ArticleLetters: Time running out to oppose repeal of Clean Power Act
Editor’s note: The opinions below are the author’s, and do not necessarily reflect those of this publication. Jan. 13, 2018 Dear Editor: The open comment window for the Pruitt-led EPA’s intentions to...
View ArticleNorth Jersey plagued by post-Irene mosquitoes drawn to stagnant water
Jerry McCrea/The Star-LedgerRoger Armstrong, assistant chief inspector, dispenses a fog of insecticide from the back of an all terrain vehicle during a mosquito eradication program by the Morris...
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Chasing bears down South Street: Morristown police acted according to plan,...
The spectacle of a Morristown policeman shouting and chasing a bear down South Street on Sunday — a scene captured here on video–looks puzzling at first. Aren’t authorities supposed to shoot wandering...
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Greening your car, driving tips from a Morristown student
By Nayna Shah You have already greened your summer and your diet, so what’s the next step to becoming an environmental guru? Greening your car. The emissions from billions of the Model T’s descendants...
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Morristown: Tips for going green in the summer
Morristown is all abuzz with summer plans in these crazy and lazy months; however, the only summer plans yet to be discussed are the ones that involve going green. You should know that, no matter what...
View ArticleFeeling itchy yet? Rainy, early spring may bring a swarm of mosquitoes to N.J.
Morris County employees have been doing their part to contain the problem, trudging through woods with larvicide to try and combat mosquitoes
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Volunteers needed for spring cleaning of Whippany River in Morristown, March 23
Garages and attics aren’t the only things that need spring cleaning. Rivers do, too. The nonprofit Whippany River Watershed Action Committee seeks volunteers to spruce up the river near the Bethel AME...
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Ella Filippone, founder of Passaic River Coalition, remembered in Morristown
Ella Filippone, the late director of the Passaic River Coalition, was memorialized at the PRC headquarters at Willow Hall in Morristown on July 13, 2013. Ella died in June. Ella Filippone, co-founder...
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Volunteers needed to help clean river in Morristown, March 22
This article was submitted by the Whippany River Watershed Action Committee. The Whippany River Watershed Action Committee (WRWAC) has scheduled a clean-up of the Whippany River on Saturday, March 22,...
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National Geographic photographer to give free talk at MPAC, April 20
National Geographic calls photographer Pete McBride a “freshwater hero” for his work documenting the plight of the world’s great rivers. Hear his story up close and personal, on April 20, 2016, at...
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Why did Hanover Scouts scale Trash Mountain in Morristown?
Why they scaled Trash Mountain, video by Berit Ollestad: It doesn’t quite rank with Mt. Everest. Or even High Point. But it still takes courage to summit Trash Mountain. After all, it’s covered with...
View ArticleCelebrate Earth Day by giving Morristown a spring cleaning, April 22
From the Morristown Clean Communities program Morristown Beautiful Inc. is dedicated to just that: Keeping Morristown Beautiful. So its annual Spring Clean-Up, co-sponsored by the Morristown Clean...
View ArticleEarth Day and the political climate: Town hall meeting to focus on...
From NJ 11th for Change: ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FORUM: A CLIMATE CHANGE-FOCUSED TOWN HALL Panel discussion with environmental experts, advocates, and elected officials Between budget cuts, legislative...
View ArticleCommentary: Our responsibility on Earth Day
By Nathan Umbriac As I reflect this Earth Day, I think about my family and ways that I can make significant impacts in the health and safety of the environment around them. My children love the...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Frelinghuysen out of step on environment
Editor’s note: The opinions below are the author’s, and do not necessarily represent those of this publication. To the Editor: In response to the article “Frelinghuysen Strikes Back,” and specifically...
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