Tag: environment

Reflecting on the marine waterways of the Two River area over the last 10 years, in honor of The Two River Times’ 35th anniversary, was a most revealing and rewarding trip down memory lane.

Butterflies are beloved. Some folks consider these beautiful pollinators messengers from heaven, although, more realistically, they are a sensitive indicator species that reveals the health of their ecosystem.

MIDDLETOWN – With the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in the distance and the waves of Raritan Bay at their backs, more than 100 activists, community leaders and elected officials gathered in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown Sept. 9 to once again rally against the proposed North East Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline.

Founded in 1975 by folksinger and environmental advocate Bob Killian, the organization now known as New Jersey Friends of Clearwater will commemorate its 50th year celebrating the gifts of the Earth and its oceans through music, fun and friendship this weekend.

LINCROFT – What started as a freshman year final project has become a burgeoning business for three rising juniors at High Technology High School.

SEA BRIGHT – The Clean Ocean Action (COA) Spring Beach Sweeps happen annually, rain or shine – and last Saturday it was most definitely rain.

LONG BRANCH – Clean Ocean Action (COA) and thousands of volunteers around the state are gearing up for the organization’s 40th year of Beach Sweeps this Saturday, April 12. The biannual event, spanning more than 80 coastal locations, invites volunteers to help clean up New Jersey’s shorelines and collect valuable data on the impact of pollution.

Borough officials are looking to fasttrack solutions to frequent issues with algae in McCarter Pond as a thick green blanket of organic matter spreads across the water.

After a nearly decade-long fight, environmental advocates are celebrating the end of what some dubbed a “zombie pipeline,” the proposed project to bring natural gas through New Jersey to customers in New York.

In today’s fast-paced digital age, electronic waste, or e-waste, has become a pressing environmental concern.