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| Michael Pisauro: Green Pages - NJ Was 2009 the year for renewables in NJ?A lot has happen since I wrote Renewables and Land Use Law in 2008. 2009 may be one of the best years for renewable energy in New Jersey. Several laws were passed 2009-2010 in NJ that help move the acceptance and adoption of renewable energy in NJ.
There were two very significant bills. The first modifies [...]Read original article
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NJ declares wind and solar energy as inherently beneficialLast month, the Governor finally signed legislation that decrees that wind turbines and solar panels are inherently beneficial under New Jersey’s land use laws. This is a step forward for wind energy in New Jersey.
Up to now, in most cases if a person or business wanted to install a wind turbine in New Jersey they [...]Read original article
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NJ’s Open Space in JeopardyOn November 3rd we all get a choice on whether we will preserve NJ or not. On November 3rd we get to vote in favor of preserving open spaces, farmland and historic sites. We get to vote yes to ballot question #1.
I have a guest post on the Green Jersey blog on why we all [...]Read original article
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NJ’s Endangered and Non-game Species Conservation ActRecently, a builders association petitioned New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to remove the northern pine snake from the threatened species list under NJ Threatened and Non-game Species Conservation Act. Hopefully, in the future, I will look at the actual merits of the petition, but I wanted to take this chance to explain NJ’s endangered [...]Read original article
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Why are we still dumping on our shore?Labor Day is over and the shore season is over. Over the last several weeks of this summer I took my family to the shore. I love the shore. As a kid, I went to the NJ shore every summer with my family and I want to carry on the tradition with my children. When [...]Read original article
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EPA finds DEP’s site remediation program lacking again.Recently, the U.S. EPA released an audit report critical of NJ’s Department of Environmental Protection. This audit report is on the heels of another negative audit report of the DEP’s handling of the remediation of contaminated sites. The most recent audit looked to at whether DEP’s Quality System was in compliance with EPA’s required Quality [...]Read original article
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Fisheries: How conservation now can lead to long term economic gainsIn the last couple of weeks, two reports came out regarding fish stocks. Both of them give some measure of hope. Before I get the actual reports, a little background is in order. The ecological health of our oceans is in serious jeopardy. Fish populations have been on a very steep decline, especially those fish [...]Read original article
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NJ Governor Canditates promote renewable energy, NJ needs more than rhetoricRecently the Republican and the Democratic candidates for NJ governor addressed renewable energy. NJ needs renewable energy. The Country and the World needs the switch to renewable energy. Christie’s website indicates we have one of the strongest renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS), but rank 48th in the country for renewable energy generation. Why? Well according [...]Read original article
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Cash for Clunkers InterviewOn June 24th, President Obama signed into law the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009. A part of this appropriations act is the “Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009″ or Cash for Clunkers as it is better known.
Prior to the passage of the act, I gave brief interview with Fox News on [...]Read original article
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MMS issues lease for met towers off NJ CoastLast week, MMS announced they would be issuing leases to the three proposed wind farm developers so that they could begin the process of installing their meteorological towers. Bluewater Wind NJ Energy, Fishermen’s Energy of New Jersey, and Deepwater Wind will all be placing met towers off the coast of NJ. These towers are a [...]Read original article
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