Green Jersey

News roundup for Monday, Oct. 27

Garbage at 21 N.J. landfills is generating methane gas that’s being used for power, good news for a newly finalized Energy Master Plan that aims to move us away from traditional fossil fuels and counts “landfill methane” as a key renewable energy source.

A railroad and operators of waste transfer stations along two miles of railway in North Bergen have agreed to follow state and local environmental and health regulations governing solid waste disposal, ending a four-year legal battle with the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission. New York Susquehanna & Western Railway will give the state $1 million and refund another $1 million to North Bergen that had been held in escrow, according to Environment News Service.

The Presby Memorial Iris Gardens plans to sell its historic headquarters in Montclair, though the city has the option of stepping in with the “fair market value.” Thanks a lot, economy.

The Oyster Creek nuclear plant was shut down on Saturday for a scheduled refueling. Workers are replacing nearly a third of the reactor’s fuel.

A Sussex County nature preserve will be closed to the public but open to hunters soon for a managed deer hunt. The Nature Conservancy is opening the preserve to hunters on certain weeks in November, December and January.