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An industrial strip of land along Newtown Creek may soon be home to one of the largest biodiesel fuel manufacturing plants in the country NY Times
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A jury on Friday convicted former Western Monmouth Utilities Authority executive director Frank G. Abate, 60, of receiving thousands of dollars in free architectural services paid for by developers with applications pending before the WMUA AP Press
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On Wednesday, we reported that a New Jersey Assembly Environment Committee had released a bill that would provide grants to child care centers to help pay for environmental assessments that now are required when centers apply for state licenses or license renewals.
The assessments are designed to determine whether the location poses any environmental health risks to children or staff.
We noted that the Legislature would need to fast-track the legislation, since the first batch of license renewals are scheduled to arrive at the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on June 1 and the Legislature will leave for its summer recess at the end of June.
Yesterday, the Senate Environment Committee released a companion bill, which means that the legislation, which provides grants of up to $1500 each, is now in place for floor votes in both chambers.
The Legislature appears to be on track to do its part. How long it will take the short-handed DEP to handle its reviews is a separate question.
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New York City might be getting hybrid taxis, but that is just a lettuce leaf on the compost heap compared with a plan by Berkeley, California, to cut emissions by 80%, reports the Wall Street Journal
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New Jersey Politics — GOP presses for Corzine-Katz e-mail The state Republican chairman says he will go to court to force Gov. Jon Corzine to make public Corzine’s e-mail exchanges with union leader Carla Katz, his former girlfriend, during negotiations over a state workers contract. Tom Wilson accuses the governor of putting himself above the law Star-Ledger New Jersey Environment — Global warming may kill state flower NJ’s state flower could disappear by the end of the century, a victim of global warming, the National Wildlife Federation warns Herald News Pennsylvania Environment — Appeal for new nuclear plants The U.S. power industry needs to build 20 to 30 new nuclear plants by 2030 to meet the nation’s demand for electricity, according to Exelon Corp’s CEO John Rowe Inquirer Pennsylvania Politics —Rendell expects hold on health care plan Governor acknowledges that his proposal to expand state-subsidized health coverage to roughly 800,000 uninsured adults probably won’t be put to a vote in General Assembly before fall Daily Times New York/Nation/World — Bloomberg poll show support for gubernatorial bid Mayor would have more support from New York City voters in a bid to become governor than to become president NY Sun Indian Point pays fine, pledges new sirens Journal News
New advisory on fish caught in NY waters Journal News More of today’s news available on our website.
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