JCP&L Honored with Environmental Leadership Award by CIANJ and COMMERCE Magazine
Recognition in the Recycling/Pollution Prevention Programs category highlights the hundreds of tons of waste kept out of landfills
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MORRISTOWN, N.J., April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), has been recognized with the Environmental Leadership Award for Recycling/Pollution Prevention Programs by The Commerce & Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) and COMMERCE Magazine. JCP&L was selected for the award by a panel of independent judges for stewardship and leadership of the environment.
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Last week, Shawn LaTourette, New Jersey’s Acting Commissioner of Environmental Protection, toured Bayonne on Monday, April 19. We welcomed Acting Commissioner LaTourette and staff colleagues from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).
During a meeting in my office, Acting Commissioner LaTourette viewed plans for the reconstruction of Fitzpatrick Park at the corner of 26th Street and Avenue C. City officials and the NJDEP representatives discussed extending the waterfront walkway around Bayonne; upgrading Bayonne’s sewer system; taking steps against flooding; redeveloping former industrial properties; and renovating additional parks.
We also discussed Bayonne’s close relationship with the NJDEP under the department’s Community Collaborative Initiative. As a result of that program, Alan Miller, a DEP official, has worked at City Hall three days a week since 2018. Alan has helped us to expedite solutions to a vari
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Sierra Club opposes land swap between state and Jackson gun club
Sierra Club opposes land swap between state and Jackson gun club
JACKSON – The New Jersey Sierra Club has submitted comments to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) opposing the agency’s proposed land swap with the Central Jersey Rifle and Pistol Club, South Stump Tavern Road, Jackson.
The proposal is to transfer 43 acres the DEP owns in Jackson in exchange for 87 acres the Central Jersey Rifle and Pistol Club owns in Upper Freehold Township, according to a press release issued by the Sierra Club on April 23.
“This is a bad deal for New Jersey and open space. The state is giving away land to the rifle club that (the club) has already polluted in exchange for a less valuable property,” Jeff Tittel, the director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, was quoted as saying in the press release.