SOLUTIONS 7/30: Packaging That Doesn’t Poison Our Environment
By Huck Fairman
We all purchase food, drinks and items that often come to us in plastics.
Yet most of us are aware that studies have...
SOLUTIONS 7/9: The D&R Greenway Land Trust – Environmental Leader
The D&R Greenway Land Trust, the region's unofficial land steward reaching in many directions to preserve and enhance our environments, has recently launched two...
SOLUTIONS 7/2: Capturing Carbon – Ideas Large and Small
By Huck Fairman
Most local readers know about the climate crisis we face, and they recognize that we have limited time to reduce emissions before...
SOLUTIONS 6/11: Composting Organics
By Huck Fairman
As many residents remember, Princeton had a recycling program for food and organic waste collected by private companies, which then sold that...
Opinion: Setting the record straight on uptick in anti-Semitism
We are all saddened by the loss of civilian life during the recent Israel/Hamas conflict.
Demonizing Israel and solely blaming it mischaracterizes the recent conflict....
SOLUTIONS 5/21: The New Jersey Clean Energy Program
By Huck Fairman
New Jersey's Clean Energy Program presented on a Zoom meeting by local Sierra Club member, Kip Cherry and several associates.
New Jersey’s Clean...
Solutions: State moves toward eliminating single-use plastics
Many are aware of the problems plastics cause in our environments. They threaten, and indeed kill, animals living in water bodies. They obstruct healthy...
SOLUTIONS 4/23: Warnings and Necessary Steps
By Huck Fairman
In the last week, warnings from several sources were issued about the planet’s future. And along with them came strong recommendations for...
Opinion: 2021 Reflections on Earth Day
”People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure." - David Attenborough,...
SOLUTIONS 4/2: Recycling Revisited
By Huck Fairman
Why recycle? While most local residents support the idea and associated policies, many may not be aware of the widespread need and...
Opinion: New Jersey should make patients a priority by issuing more medical marijuana permits
As a cancer survivor living with multiple sclerosis, I’ve experienced many symptoms over the years where medical marijuana would have made such a difference...
SOLUTIONS 3/12: Bill Gates: How we can survive
By Huck Fairman
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft; co-chair with his wife, Melinda, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and originator of Breakthrough Energy,...
SOLUTIONS 3/12: The Latest on Electric Vehicles
By Huck Fairman
As our planet warms and we experience extreme weather of all varieties, people, governments and manufacturers are seeking ways to reduce emissions....
SOLUTIONS 3/5: Endocrine Disruptors
By Huck Fairman
"New York Times" columnist Nicholas Kristof reported on a recent book by epidemiologist Shanna Swan, "Count Down," and studies by other scientists...
SOLUTIONS 2/26: Professor Stephen Pacala: What we need to do
By Huck Fairman
Our latest winter snow and storms notwithstanding, our planet’s climates are warming. Scientists worldwide are pretty much in agreement that climate change...
SOLUTIONS 2/12: Electric Vehicles Begin to Address Emissions Issue
By Huck Fairman
The climate challenges we all face are known by many around the world. What is uncertain is whether or not we as...
New Jerseyans show caring spirit with support for NJ Sharing Network
By Joseph S. Roth
Thanks to the support of our team members, healthcare partners and dedicated volunteers,
2020 was a record-breaking year for NJ Sharing Network’s...
SOLUTIONS: Professor provides assessment of where, environmentally, we are
By Huck Fairman
With the election of President Joe Biden, who has stressed the need to deal with our
environmental challenges, a number of observers have...
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