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SJI utilities to host Mark Cuban Foundation AI bootcamp for local high school students

South Jersey Industries on Wednesday said its utilities, South Jersey Gas and Elizabethtown Gas, will partner with the Mark Cuban Foundation and the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to host introductory Artificial Intelligence...

Partnering with businesses — not suing them — is how N.J. should fight climate...

Climate change is a serious and pressing issue in New Jersey, where our leaders are preparing their communities to adapt to the changing environment. As consumers in an economy still powered in large part by...

Clean Energy Equity Act would help create more equitable, resilient N.J.

Emerging from the pandemic will require more than just a return to where we were before. New Jersey needs resilience: in its grid, in its economy and in its environment. Because it helps meet...

Stockton’s new Noyes Galleries exhibit in Hammonton focuses on planet’s ecological future

Four artists concerned about the ecological future of the country and the planet have pooled their artwork together for a new exhibit at the Noyes Galleries at Stockton University’s Kramer Hall. The group exhibit, titled “Our House...

Advocate says poll’s results show Jerseyans have strong support for renewable energy

As New Jersey embarks on a difficult recovery from the economic devastation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey voters by a more than 2-to-1 margin believe investing in renewable energy projects, like...

Insurance giant adopts policy on conservation areas and methane emissions

Chubb announced last week that, effectively immediately, it will restrict underwriting oil and gas extraction based on conservation and emissions criteria. The world's biggest property and casualty insurer, with offices in Whitehouse Station, said from...

Former Pentagon official and Navy admiral appointed as special advisor to the board of...

Monroe Township-based Ocean Power Technologies recently announced that Rear Admiral Victorino “Vic” Mercado (retired) has been retained as a special advisor to the company’s board of directors. “We are pleased that Admiral Mercado has agreed...

Consumer advocate groups warn N.J. could be vulnerable to unexpectedly high utility bills

Consumer advocate groups are warning that, unless new rules are introduced ahead of unexpected winter weather or other pressures on the energy grid, customers in transmission company PJM Interconnection's regions, such as New Jersey,...

Feds give key approval to Atlantic Shores offshore wind project

The U.S. Department of the Interior approved the proposed Atlantic Shores South offshore wind farm in New Jersey on Tuesday, giving a major boost to a project that would be the state’s first. To be...

American Water Charitable Foundation awards $1M through 2023 Water and Environment Grant Program

The American Water Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization established by Camden-based American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, recently announced it awarded a combined total of $1 million to...

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Foreclosure report shows most active quarter in metro NY in almost two years

The latest foreclosure report from real estate data provider PropertyShark shows that metro New York closed the most active quarter in nearly two years...

$36M construction financing secured for Sayreville project by JLL

JLL Capital Markets said on July 10 that it has arranged $36 million in construction financing of Camelot on Main, a 142-unit luxury mid-rise residential...

Princeton names Andrew Houck, a national leader in quantum technology, dean of engineering

Andrew Houck, a Princeton University professor and national leader in the field of quantum science and engineering, has been appointed dean of the university’s...

With flea and tick bites rising, FDA approves Merck parasiticide treatment for dogs

Merck Animal Health, a division of Merck & Co. said July 10 that the Food and Drug Administration approved its once-yearly injectable product to...

Rowan expands global reach through partnership with AASTMT in Egypt

Rowan University took a significant step toward expanding its global learning and research opportunities with an agreement with Egypt’s Arab Academy for Science, Technology...