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For big solar project Jersey drug maker calls Pennsy utility

Science – Schering-Plough Corporation, the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical manufacturer, is about to make solar history, but not with the help of the state's largest energy company.

Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 01:50pm

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Top environmental & political news: May 5-9

Science – The top environmental and political stories from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and beyond that appeared in EnviroPolitics during the week of May 5-9, 2008.

Submitted and Voted for on May 09, 2008 07:15pm

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Pennsylvania's big stake in carbon sequestration tests

Science – The nation's energy crisis would be yesterday's news if so-called clean coal technology proves to work effectively and economically. That's a very big 'if'- perhaps a long shot- but it would provide an enormous economic boost to coal-producing states like Pennsylvania.

Submitted and Voted for on May 07, 2008 03:33pm

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LNG platforms - A northeast update

Science – As Broadwater Energy appeals New York State's rejection of its plan for a floating LNG platform off the coast of Long Island, New Jersey is considering two separate LNG facilities off its coast. An environmental group is massing opposition but the governor sounds supportive.

Submitted and Voted for on April 30, 2008 04:31am

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Week's top environmental and political news - April 15-18

News – Every day, we select a few of the top environmental and political stories appearing in our newsletter, EnviroPolitics, and post them to our website for free public use. Click the links below to view stories for New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York--and beyond-- that appeared during the past week.

Submitted and Voted for on April 19, 2008 01:40pm

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The NJ-DEP's newest enforcement powers

Science – Those who fear that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection already has more than enough environmental enforcement clout are advised to skip to some other topic. The analysis we are about to recommend could ruin your day.

Submitted and Voted for on April 17, 2008 05:40pm

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NY nixes LNG platform; focus shifts to NJ

News – New York Governor David Paterson's rejection today of the Broadwater liquefied natural gas platform, proposed for construction off Long Island Sound, shifts the focus to New Jersey where two other developers are seeking to build LNG facilities farther out to sea.

Submitted and Voted for on April 10, 2008 10:56pm

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Solar energy heats up in New Jersey again

Science – New Jersey's rebate program to encourage the installation of solar energy systems proved so successful that the state ran out of money to keep it going. Riding to the rescue this week with a $105 million customer loan program was PSE&G, the state's largest utility.

Submitted and Voted for on April 10, 2008 02:36am

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Week's top environmental and political news

Science – Click on the links below to view some of the top environmental and political stories for New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York--and beyond--that appeared during the past week in "EnviroPolitics."

Submitted and Voted for on April 05, 2008 01:45am

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Changes ahead for site remediations in New Jersey

Science – The Senate Environment Committee and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee will hold a joint hearing on April 15 to hear testimony on proposed changes to New Jersey's environmental site remediation program.

Submitted and Voted for on April 05, 2008 01:38am

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New developments in NY's LNG barge saga

Science – New York's new governor David A. Paterson hasn't had much time to weigh the pluses and minuses of the liquefied natural gas barge that TransCanada Corporation and Shell Oil are proposing to install in Long Island Sound, so the New York Times is trying to help him out.

Submitted and Voted for on April 03, 2008 03:41am

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Is New Jersey facing an expanded nuclear future?

Science – A leaked copy of New Jersey's much-anticipated, Energy Management Plan revision concludes that the state's mandated greenhouse gas reductions "point toward nuclear energy to produce carbon-free electricity at a lower price per megawatt-hour than fossil-fueled plants."

Submitted and Voted for on April 01, 2008 02:24am

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An oil spill grows in Brooklyn

Science – Question: What is the largest oil spill in American history? Answer: The 11 million gallons that fouled Alaska's Prince William Sound 19 years ago when the drunken captain of the Exxon Valdez piloted the huge tanker into the rocks. Right? Not if you're counting the oil plume beneath a stream in Brooklyn that the EPA says could be three times as la

Submitted and Voted for on March 28, 2008 01:20am

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So you want to put a solar panel on your condo roof...

Science – A recent change in New Jersey law now allows condo owners to erect solar panels on the roofs of their individual units. Or does it? As always, it's wise to read the fine print.

Submitted and Voted for on March 26, 2008 11:57am

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Why rising gas prices will hurt Jersey less

Science – It may come as small comfort to residents of the Garden State, but steadily rising gas prices will have less of an effect in New Jersey than elsewhere in America.

Submitted and Voted for on March 23, 2008 01:42pm