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All New Cars Must Be Electric Come 2035 In New Jersey: Murphy All New Cars Must Be Electric Come 2035 In New Jersey: Murphy
All New Cars Must Be Electric Come 2035 In New Jersey: Murphy New cars in New Jersey will look a little different in 2035. Gov. Phil Murphy announced that by 2035 all new vehicle sales in New Jersey will be zero-emission vehicles (ZEV), with the transition beginning in 2027. Advanced Clean Cars II, which takes effect on Dec. 18, requires manufacturers of passenger cars and light-duty trucks to meet an annual ZEV requirement intended to increase the percentage of electric vehicles sold in the state. The filing also mandates traditional gasoline and diesel vehicles meet more stringent emission standards.  With the new rule, vehicle manufacturers …
Citizen Murphy: NJ First Lady Announces Run For U.S. Senate Citizen Murphy: NJ First Lady Announces Run For U.S. Senate
Citizen Murphy: NJ First Lady Announces Run For U.S. Senate Tammy Murphy is hoping to go from Drumthwacket to the Capitol Building. Ending weeks of speculation, Murphy, the wife of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, announced on Wednesday, Nov. 15, she is running for U.S. Senate as a Democrat, in the seat currently occupied by embattled Senator Bob Menendez.  Murphy made the announcement in a four-minute autobiographical video, telling her life story while also highlighting her priorities as first lady, including reducing the state's maternal mortality rate and combating climate change. "I am so proud of everything we've accomplished but I know …
Tan Mom, North Jersey Native, Running For US Senate Tan Mom, North Jersey Native, Running For US Senate
Tan Mom, North Jersey Native, Running For US Senate From the tanning salon to the US Capitol: Patricia Krentcil a.k.a. "Tan Mom" is trying to make it happen. Krentcil, an Essex County native, who went viral 2012 after being accused of bringing her five-year-old daughter to a tanning salon in her native Nutley, announced she is running for the Republican nomination for US Senate in Florida next year. "Patricia went out in the streets of Florida and came face to face with the heartbreaking issues affecting so many here," her campaign website reads.  "From the attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, equality, diversity, and beyond, Patricia is a champi…
Climate Change Protestors Jam Teterboro Airport, Route 46 Climate Change Protestors Jam Teterboro Airport, Route 46
Climate Change Protestors Jam Teterboro Airport, Route 46 Members of a protest group angered over climate-changing CO2 and other emissions from private jets glued themselves to huge self-made teepees at Teterboro Airport, disrupting area air and land traffic. Two climbed a teepee and refused to come down at the entrance to Jet Aviation on Charles Lindbergh Drive. Others glued their hands to the makeshift structures. Seven of them were arrested, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey's Lenis Valens said. Port Authority police were joined at the airport by a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and Moonachie police after protestors blocked an…
President Biden Tests Positive For COVID-19 President Biden Tests Positive For COVID-19
President Biden Tests Positive For Covid-19 President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 after visiting Massachusetts, the White House announced on Thursday, July 21.  The president, who is vaccinated and boosted, will start taking Paxlovid and isolate while he battles the virus, the White House said.  He had been scheduled to visit Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Thursday. #Breaking- President Biden has been diagnosed with Covid-19. pic.twitter.com/5CZtw5L2nq — WBZ NewsRadio (@wbznewsradio) July 21, 2022 This comes after President Biden visited Massachusetts to discuss new ways to combat climate change and push for clean ene…
NJ Trump Supporters Rally As Biden Visits Right-Leaning Town NJ Trump Supporters Rally As Biden Visits Right-Leaning Town
NJ Trump Supporters Rally As Biden Visits Right-Leaning Town "Trump Won" signs were displayed on homes, and nearly 150 Trump supporters greeted President Joe Biden as he touched down in Central Jersey Tuesday morning. Joined by first lady Jill Biden and the Murphys, Biden surveyed Hillsborough Township and Manville -- areas hit hard last week by Tropical Depression Ida. Biden’s helicopter Marine 1 touched down at Central Jersey Airport in Hillsborough at 11:16 a.m. and took off around 3 p.m. Several Marine Corps V-22 Osprey fixed-wing/helicopter aircrafts containing mostly White House staff members followed. Captured by Robbie JoyceRobbie Joyce…
Tracking Henri: Parts Of NJ Evacuated By Torrential Rain, Storm Surges Expected Tracking Henri: Parts Of NJ Evacuated By Torrential Rain, Storm Surges Expected
Tracking Henri: Parts Of NJ Evacuated By Torrential Rain, Storm Surges Expected Parts of New Jersey were evacuated Saturday and Sunday due to rainfall as Henri was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm. Water rescue teams were called to Main Street and Willow Street in Helmetta due to areas of homes in need of evacuations, police reports say. Posted by Stafford Township Volunteer Fire Company #1 on Sunday, August 22, 2021 Newark firefighters evacuated 23 people following a foundation collapse at a Taylor Street home due to  thunderstorms just after 2 a.m. The Newark Department of Engineering, Code Enforcement and PSEG have been notified. Taylor Stree…
Earth Institute At Columbia University Launches Pre-College Program Earth Institute At Columbia University Launches Pre-College Program
Earth Institute At Columbia University Launches Pre-College Program The Earth Institute at Columbia University is excited to offer virtual pre-college learning opportunities for high school students in spring 2021. Spring registration is now open on our website. Join us at an upcoming info session to learn more — sign up here. Our pre-college programs are for high school students in grades 9-12 who are interested in extending their learning beyond the classroom and sharpening their knowledge and skills in the areas of climate change and sustainability. Whether you are a budding climate change activist, or a maker who loves to tinker with new tools and techno…
Earth Institute At Columbia University Launches Professional Learning Program Earth Institute At Columbia University Launches Professional Learning Program
Earth Institute At Columbia University Launches Professional Learning Program The Earth Institute at Columbia University is excited to offer virtual professional learning opportunities for spring 2021. Spring registration is now open on our website. Join us at an upcoming info session to learn more — sign up here. Our professional learning program provides working professionals and adult learners with the knowledge and skills needed to further job-related interests and careers across a variety of subjects. This program is for you if: you work in a climate- or sustainability-oriented career and want to gain new skills to enhance your current role; you want to explore a…
COVID, Murder Hornets, What's Next? Try Fire Tornadoes COVID, Murder Hornets, What's Next? Try Fire Tornadoes
COVID, Murder Hornets, What's Next? Try Fire Tornadoes Fear factorists were having a field day with the latest threat to civilization: fire tornadoes. Given all that's been unleashed in the world lately, the fiery funnels that rose from northern California wildfires over the weekend were guaranteed to generate headlines. But like the so-called murder hornets that fear mongers foisted on folks earlier this year, flaming twisters remain nearly 3,000 miles from the Northeast -- and extremely rare. A wildfire that began last Friday near Loyalton, CA -- about 45 miles west of Reno, Nevada -- “exploded most impressively” on Saturday “with a ver…
Report: Climate Change Heating Up N.J. Faster Than Almost All Other States Report: Climate Change Heating Up N.J. Faster Than Almost All Other States
Report: Climate Change Heating Up N.J. Faster Than Almost All Other States New Jersey's average annual temperature has risen by nearly 2 degrees Celsius since 1895, double the average for the lower 48 states, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.  Of all U.S. states, Alaska's average temperature has risen by the most, followed by Rhode Island and New Jersey. Other states in the Northeast, including Connecticut and Massachusetts, are close behind.  A temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius is regarded as a critical climate warming threshold. Scientists fear that if average global temperatures rise by 2 degrees above the 1895 average, the conseque…
NYPD Arrests Dozens at Climate Change Protest NYPD Arrests Dozens at Climate Change Protest
Nypd Arrests Dozens at Climate Change Protest New York City police arrested dozens of demonstrators who laid down across 8th Avenue Saturday afternoon between the Port Authority bus terminal and the New York Times building, blocking traffic, during a massive climate change protest. Two other protesters were grabbed after they hung a banner from the facade of the Times building urging the newspaper to consider climate change an emergency. The group also locked arms at the corner of 40th and Eighth Avenue, preventing several lanes of traffic -- including taxis and tour buses -- from passing. Eve Mosher of Extinction Rebellion said the g…
New Jersey Giving Away Thousands Of Tree Seedlings New Jersey Giving Away Thousands Of Tree Seedlings
New Jersey Giving Away Thousands Of Tree Seedlings Looking to add some greenery to your surroundings? The state Department of Environmental Protection would like to help.  From now through May 5, state residents can receive up to five free tree seedlings suitable for planting. Proof of residency is required, and the particular species of tree a resident can receive will depend on where they live. In North Jersey, for instance, residents will get either black oak or persimmon, species that would thrive in that part of the state, the DEP said.  The seedling giveaway is an annual program begun following 2012's Superstorm Sandy, …