Environment and nature

General newsMay 14, 2022

Bear sought after attack on NJ woman heading to check mail

Authorities say a woman was taken to a hospital after she was attacked by a black bear as she walked down a New Jersey road to check her mail

BusinessMay 10, 2022

NJ trash facility blaze prompts evacuations; 1 sought

Authorities say a blaze at a New Jersey trash facility prompted the evacuation of homes and left one person unaccounted for

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Environment and natureApr 28, 2022

Orsted will use NJ Wind Port to build offshore wind farm

Danish wind power developer Orsted has a deal with New Jersey officials to use a state-financed manufacturing port to build the components of the state’s first offshore wind farm

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Environment and natureApr 27, 2022

US: Ukraine war 'screams' need to reject Russian energy

Hours after Russia cut off natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria, the energy secretaries from the U.S. and the European Commission called for a rapid acceleration of wind power to help countries stop using Russian energy

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Social affairsApr 27, 2022

Newark resident: Power plant 'Not just, not right, not fair'

Residents of a pollution-choked neighborhood in New Jersey’s largest city say they're tired of being used as a dumping ground for projects that foul their air, yet exclude them from the economic benefits of industry

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Environment and natureApr 25, 2022

Firms hired to connect NJ offshore wind farm to power grid

The developers of a wind energy farm off the southern New Jersey coast have hired two companies to connect the project to the electrical grid on land

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Social affairsApr 20, 2022

Power plan paused by NJ governor in minority area is back

A New Jersey sewage treatment plant in a predonimantly minority neighborhood is pressing forward with its plan to build a gas-fired power plant, three months after the state’s governor halted the proposal to make sure it does not overly burden the already polluted community

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Social affairsApr 14, 2022

A safe bet: If you want a casino job, odds are on your side

Like most businesses across the U.S., casinos are racing to hire new workers

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Government and politicsApr 5, 2022

It's a Deal! Shore town, coastal group agree on beach access

A Jersey Shore town and a coastal environmental group have settled a long-running lawsuit that will allow public access to a beach, while allowing the end of a street leading to the beach to be sold to an oceanfront homeowner