Green Jersey

Weekend news roundup

The Garden State Preservation Trust is expected to dry up by next June, bad news for New Jersey farmland that has yet to be preserved. According to the as-yet unofficial Highlands Master Plan, more than $1 billion will be needed for land preservation in the Highlands region.

The soonest a bank of windmills off the coast of New Jersey could start spinning power? 2012, according to a recent estimate from the state Board of Public Utilities.

Gov. Corzine is considering asking the federal EPA if the state can pass on ethanol, or at least limit its use.

New Jersey law firms are greening their operations, using cleaner energies, ditching water bottles, encouraging telecommuting and more. (Maybe the lawyers don’t want to be outdone by a doctor, Lawrence Rosen of Oradell.)

Volunteers purged the Hackensack River and its banks of garbage this weekend as part of a Hackensack Riverkeeper cleanup. (Click here to get involved.)

The 33rd Clearwater Festival rocked Asbury Park.

A tree ordinance was passed in West Orange, and a blogger cheered.