Environment

Salem High School Students Study Wastewater Treatment

June 28, 2016 Students from Salem High School recently visited a wastewater treatment facility in Pennsylvania to learn about the processes by which wastewater – from household or business sinks, toilets, showers, dishwashers, etc. – is treated before being returned…

Newark’s Central High Heads to Salem

June 8, 2016 Last month, students from Newark’s Central High School traveled all the way to Salem County to see firsthand PSE&G’s Energy and Environmental Resource Center. Here’s how PSE&G describes the innovative center: The Energy & Environmental Resource Center,…

Get the Facts on the Open Space Ballot Question

September 24, 2014 In this year’s November 4th election  – SAVE THE DATE! – New Jersey voters will get to decide whether four percent of the money collected from New Jersey’s corporate business tax will go to preserve open space.…

Horseshoe Crab Project Receives Grant

June 17, 2014 The Delaware Bayshore coastal restoration/horseshoe crab rescue project that the Community Foundation of New Jersey funded last year out the of the New Jersey Recovery Fund recently received a $4.7 million grant from the National Fish and…

National Severe Weather Preparedness Week Kicks Off

April 20, 2014 Monday, March 3rd kicks off National Severe Weather Preparedness Week and, according to data from FEMA, there is plenty to prepare for. FEMA reports, “In 2013, there were seven weather and climate disaster events with losses exceeding…