News roundup for Wednesday, April 15

Ledger Live: NJ Dairy industry in a tail spin

Gov. Corzine said today at Rutgers that while the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative isn’t perfect, it’s off to a good start.

He also visited the world headquarters of Merck and applauded the company’s green initiatives, including 7,000 solar panels Merck says will generate 2.5 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and save 1,200 tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year.

Who should pay to deal with a bedbug infestation? A New Jersey assemblywoman’s bedbug bill has stalled in the Senate.

Hundreds gathered in Paterson today to celebrate the falls’ national historic park status.

Someone has been dumping dead animals — and live stray animals — in North Bergen. The manager of the Newark Associated Humane Society’s theory: the person responsible could be under contract to do animal control elsewhere and trying to save money.

The Daily Record calls out the people littering along the Patriot’s Path in Morris County.

And, in the video above: New Jersey’s dairy farmers are hurting, and some are selling off generations-old operations.

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