Patti Sapone/The Star Ledger Forget to pay your utility bill and the worst thing you used to have to worry about was having your lights turned off. Now you might have to worry about losing points on your credit score,
Steve Hockstein/Bloomberg State regulators eliminated a fee that penalized hundreds of businesses in New Jersey for failing to shop around for lower electricity costs. The charge, which was created after the state deregulated its utilities almost a decade ago to
COURTESY OF ALCATEL-LUCENT BELL LABSThe solar battery is an invention of Bell Labs. In this photo, a Southern Bell cable repairman adjusts the device to pick up the prevailing light, Oct. 4, 1955. It is well-known that New Jersey has
Ocean Power TechnologyFile photo of Ocean Power Technology power buoy off New Jersey coast. Ocean Power Technology announced today that it has been awarded $2.75 million for second stage funding of an off-grid power buoy project for a vessel detection
John Munson/The Star-LedgerMilt Potoski with a smart meter, which monitors power output from the solar farm on Rutgers' Livingston Campus. Mike Kornitas is a resourceful man. As energy conservation manager at Rutgers University in Piscataway, he has to be. For
(02/22/12) HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recently provided $15,000 in funding to the University of Hawaii to further research efforts on marine debris. The funding will be used to begin studying plastic debris caught in the filters of ship-board cooling systems – this project will develop methods and protocols to better monitor debris as the ships cross the Pacific
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its non-cancer science assessment for dioxins, which was last reviewed in the 1980s. Dioxins are toxic chemicals that naturally exist in the environment and can be released into the environment through forest fires, backyard burning of trash, certain industrial activities, and residue from past commercial burning of waste
WASHINGTON – Today the Obama Administration proposed a FY 2013 budget of $8.344 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This budget reflects a government-wide effort to reduce spending and find cost-savings, and is $105 million below the EPA’s enacted level for FY 2012
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted the final health assessment for tetrachloroethylene – also known as perchloroethylene, or perc – to EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database. Perc is a chemical solvent widely used in the dry cleaning industry. It is also used in the cleaning of metal machinery and to manufacture some consumer products and other chemicals
ATLANTA – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will enter into an agreement with Meharry Medical College to support campus greening and sustainability. As part of the agreement, EPA will commit to enhance the university’s environmental policy and science curricula and offer opportunities for students interested in environmental careers. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will be signed during a ceremony at Meharry
