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How about that: The Green Car of 2013 is not an import

With two of its cars among the five finalists, Ford took the Green Car of the Year Award

for its 2013 Fusion on Thursday at the LA Auto Show, according toTheEnergyCollective.

The newly redesigned, midsize sedan is offered with three different engines: gas-electric hybrid, plug-in hybrid and gasoline. The base model starts at $21,700, while the gas-electric hybrid, rated at 47 mpg for both city and highway driving by the EPA, starts at $27,200.

The Fusion was recognized for its low petroleum use and low carbon dioxide emissions, as well as for its competitive pricing, reported the LA Times.

The Green Car Journal’s award is decided by a prestigious panel of judges, including environmental leaders such as Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune, Global Green USA President Matt Petersen, and Ocean Futures Society president Jean-Michel Cousteau, along with car enthusiast and late night comedian Jay Leno and the journal’s staff.

“We’ve moved our brand from laggard to leader in fuel economy,” said Dave Mondragon, Ford’s general marketing manager as he accepted the award.

Read the full story here.

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NJ enviro groups’ billboard: Here’s looking at you, DEP

If anyone at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection feels a twinge of embarrassment over political maneuvers that led to the ouster of Highlands Council Executive Director Eileen Swan, they’re getting a big, friendly reminder every day that
they gaze out the window.

Holding a glass of unadulterated New Jersey drinking water, Eileen smiles down from
a large billboard. Playing off a national milk industry ad campaign, it asks passersby:

‘Got Water? Thank the Pinelands and Highlands.’

NJ Spotlight reports the details in Billboard Targets Diluted Rules for Protecting Aquifers

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How has limited liability corporation law changed in NJ?

If your business is a limited liability corporation in New Jersey, or you’re thinking about filing to become one, you should take note of significant changes recently made to the state’s LLC law.

The amendments, which mark the first major overhaul of the LLC law since its enactment in 1993, are designed to keep pace with other states by providing for greater
flexibility in New Jersey’s LLC business model.

In an alert to their law firm’s clients and friends, Wolff Samson attorneys Laurence M. Smith and Junie Hahn detail what’s new in the LLC law. You’ll find their complete report here.

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Freeman re-elected as Brownfields Partnership president

David J. Freeman

David J. Freeman, a Director in
the Real Property and Environmental Department of Gibbons P.C., has been
unanimously reelected to a second term as president of the New York City Brownfield Partnership, a public/private nonprofit organization dedicated to
promoting the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields in New York City.

The Partnership is a
member organization of more than 40 real estate developers and owners,
community organizations, governmental agencies, and environmental professionals
who are active on brownfield matters.

Working
with the New York City Office of Environmental Remediation, the
Partnership serves as an information resource on a range of brownfield
development issues; encourages collaboration among stakeholders in the
brownfields process; helps communities understand their brownfield issues;
highlights successful projects through an annual awards program; supports the
education and training of brownfield professionals; and provides information
and insight to help the city’s development community better navigate the
process of redeveloping vacant and underutilized land with environmental
issues.

“David joined Gibbons
earlier this year as part of a strategic expansion of our environmental
practice throughout the region,” says Patrick C. Dunican Jr., Chairman and
Managing Director of the firm. “His work with the Brownfields Partnership
raises the profile of our practice in New York City and strengthens our ties
with critical contacts and organizations in the field.”

At Gibbons, Mr. Freeman represents
buyers, sellers, and developers of properties in all environmental law areas,
including brownfields, due diligence, hazardous waste cleanups, and
sustainability. He litigates matters related to remediation, cost recovery,
property damage, and exposure to toxic substances.

Previously in his career, he
served as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Frank E. Moss and a trial
attorney for the Federal Trade Commission. He has been listed in such peer- and
client-review publications as the Chambers
USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Super Lawyers and is a frequent author
and speaker on environmental law topics who received a 2012 Burton Award for
Legal Achievement for his work as “an outstanding law firm author.”

In addition
to his role with the Brownfield Partnership, Mr. Freeman serves as vice chair
of the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and as co-chair of
the New York State Bar Association Environmental Law Section’s Committee on
Hazardous Waste/Site Remediation, as well as co-chair of the Section’s
Brownfield Task Force.

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NJ Senate to vote on two alternative-fuel vehicle bills

Two of 30 current pieces of legislation offering a variety of incentives to encourage the use of alternative-fuel vehicles in New Jersey are on Thursday’s voting agenda in the state Senate.

S-2194, sponsored by Middlesex County Democrat Bob Smith and fellow Democrat Linda Greenstein of Mercer County, requires the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey
Transportation Authority to provide
natural gas refueling and electric vehicle recharging stations at certain rest
areas on New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and Atlantic City
Expressway.

SR-81, also sponsored by Smith, urges automobile manufacturers to develop and sell natural gas vehicles in New Jersey.

A third Smith bill, S-2250, co-sponsored by Republican Jennifer Beck of Monmouth County, was voted out of the Senate Environment and Energy Committee on November 19 and referred to the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. The legislation requires use of constitutionally dedicated moneys to fund conversion of certain diesel vehicles to compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or electric.

To see a full copy of any of the above bills, click on its number.

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Where to find environmental seminars in NJ & PA

You might be surprised by the number of valuable environmental seminars, forums, meetings, workshops, webinars and other great educational and networking opportunities available each week in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware. And most of them are free!

Like the seminar below. It’s a free solid waste and recycling training and outreach seminar offered
by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Where can you find them? On our free Enviro-Events Calendar.

While visiting the site, be sure to use the form in the upper right to sign up for free email updates.
You’ll receive one when we add new events–at least several times a week.

Tell your friends and colleagues, too, so they can subscribe to this great service.

Bonus: Submit information on your upcoming environmental event to:
Editor@EnviroPolitics.com We’ll list it for free.

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