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1. Senate approves legislation to turn landfills and quarries into renewable energy farms
(N.J./State)

Proposal seen as beneficial to Pinelands A bill which would permit the development of solar, photovoltaic and wind energy facilities on closed New Jersey landfills or quarries was approved 34 to ...

2. Not everybody happy with Edgeboro Landfill agreement
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... River in East Brunswick. The agencies said the new deals with the Middlesex County Utilities Authority and Edgeboro Disposal Inc. will improve environmental controls at the site and bring the landfills ...

3. Christie’s proposal is good for sports complex — And the entire Meadowlands
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to destroy the Meadowlands environment. The Meadowlands became New Jersey's garbage dump, with literally thousands of tons of garbage being dumped every day in unregulated landfills, resulting in extensive ...

4. Coal-fired power plants becoming an endangered species
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  One of the unresolved burdens haunting the coal sector, in addition to the emissions of CO2, is what to do with the coal ash — the remnant of burning coal — that is accumulating in 194 landfills and ...

5. Pinelands preservation protects nature and all who rely on it
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and can easily carry along pollutants from septic tanks, landfills and other sources. Pinelands regulations have successfully guided development away from the sensitive, 360,000-acre preservation area, ...

6. New Jersey DEP honors state's recycling leaders
(N.J./State)

A construction company using recycled steel to build Meadowlands Stadium, a pharmaceuticals firm that diverts food waste from landfills, and a woman who teaches Bergen County schoolchildren the importance ...

7. ‘Green' and growing: Trenton company going international
(Money/Economy)

... are creating the jobs of the future. New Jersey is a proud partner with TerraCycle in reducing the amount of waste going into our landfills and creation of useful products while creating business and job ...

8. New Jersey is now a true solar power
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... such as state funds to decommission nuclear facilities, or cleanups of coal ash landfills. New Jersey's small spurt of solar power materialized during a BPU rebate program that turned out to be too popular ...

9. Chris Christie unveils eight-point energy plan
(N.J./State)

... would include making it easier to build solar energy projects and requiring the state to create solar energy farms at 800 open and closed landfills. Christie would make the governor New Jersey chief ...