http://greenjersey.org New Jersey's environment Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:44:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hasbrouck Heights High School's artificial turf athletic field has been closed due to above-normal lead levels, the schools superintendent said today. That's the seventh lead-related field closure in New Jersey. Thales, an Edison company, reported a small toxic chemical leak yesterday. Pennsylvania and New Jersey report more nesting eagles than ever this ... http://greenjersey.org/2008/07/03/news-roundup-for-thursday-july-3/ Check out Shore11, a new site offering bloggers, forums, real-time weather and surf conditions and news on Shore environmental issues. Bloggers include Margo Pellegrino of Miami2Maine, who left Monday for a 500-mile canoe trip from New Jersey to Washington, D.C. Pellegrino is paddling in support of the ocean-protecting legislation HR21, ... http://greenjersey.org/2008/07/02/new-green-shore-blog/ Green Jersey is on vacation. Regular posts will return the week after next. http://greenjersey.org/2008/06/20/dear-readers/ A beach at Sandy Hook. Gov. Corzine and others said yesterday that a general agreement was reached on the state budget. Details were to be released today. This early "agreement in principle" sets up the possibility of a final agreement that comes before July 1, the constitution-mandated deadline and start of a ... http://greenjersey.org/2008/06/17/budget-saves-states-parks-at-expense-of-states-beaches/ A new analysis by the Highlands Council confirms that the Highlands region couldn't handle the water and sewage demands projected if towns developed to the max, as allowed under existing zoning. But the study also found that if towns build out as allowed under the draft regional master plan set to ... http://greenjersey.org/2008/06/16/highlands-study-build-out-could-deplete-water-supply/ The DEP is moving toward raising its public-records rates for commercial customers. While Sen. Paul Sarlo's "EnCap law" is going nowhere fast, the state is enacting other reforms to prevent a second EnCap scenario. Some of the pros and cons of defining wind and solar power as agricultural activity, as the state ... http://greenjersey.org/2008/06/15/weekend-news-roundup-7/ Aspirin giant Bayer has agreed to pay the state $1 million for polluting groundwater at a former dye plant in Haledon. The settlement is the second-biggest in two years under the state Department of Environmental Protection's natural resource damage program, according to the Bergen Record. In the past year, the state has ... http://greenjersey.org/2008/06/13/bayer-to-pay-1-million-for-pollution/ A tanker unleashed about 2,000 gallons of a mixture of gasoline and alcohol today while it was being unloaded in Linden. While it spilled in the Arthur Kill, it was contained, according to the Department of Environmental Protection (via the Star-Ledger). Also spilled today: 150 gallons of diesel fuel, onto the New ... http://greenjersey.org/2008/06/12/gas-spills-today/ Image via happyhomemaker88.wordpress.com. The price of corn went over $7 for the first time today. It landed at $7.03 a bushel, after hitting record highs for five straight days on the Chicago Board of Trade. From the New York Times: Corn for July delivery closed on the Chicago Board of Trade at ... http://greenjersey.org/2008/06/11/corn-hits-a-new-record-again/ New Jersey tomatoes were not the ones tainted with salmonella, says the state Agriculture Department. The Long Branch City Council last night green-lighted a financial settlement with the developers of the Pier Village stores-restaurants-luxury homes complex -- one that will cost city taxpayers $500,000 over three years. Edison  yesterday rejected a proposed ... http://greenjersey.org/2008/06/11/news-roundup-for-wednesday-june-11/ A horseshoe crab 2 weeks ago in Sandy Hook. Photo by Jennifer Weiss. State lawmakers today advanced a proposal by Sen. Jeff Van Drew that would significantly reduce fines for illegal horseshoe crab harvesting. Van Drew's bill would allow environmental regulators to drop the fine for unlawful crabbing from $10,000 to $2,500. ... http://greenjersey.org/2008/06/09/lowering-the-cost-of-illegal-crabbing/ EnCap is still looking for new investors. If it doesn't find them, investors, state taxpayers and other may be out more than $300 mil, according to the Bergen Record. Thinking about stepping in? If you can, you'll have stiff competition, according to EnCap's bankruptcy attorney, who told the Record: "We’re in very ... http://greenjersey.org/2008/06/09/encap-still-seeking-new-investors/