Tag: environment | Natural Awakenings Hudson County NJ

Jersey City to Install Electric Car Charging Stations

Oct 30, 2020 09:35AM

Jersey City Mayor Steven M. Fulop is advancing a plan to install public electric car charging stations in all six wards, transition to all-electric city vehicles and create an Office of Sustainability.

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Jersey City - Why a ‘Tree Census’ Makes Cents

Oct 30, 2020 09:35AM

Over the past year, 300 residents of Jersey City have fanned out across 35 of its neighborhoods to take stock of the trees. Using a mobile app and some basic tools (including their arms), these trained volunteers have been recording vitals statistics—like species, diameter and circumference—and plugging them into a live map of the city’s urban tree canopy.

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Oarweed Odyssey: Scottish Kelp Provides Clues to Climate Change

Sep 30, 2020 09:30AM

Experts have discovered kelp that has survived for 16,000 years since the last ice age and are hopeful that this find will show how marine plant life survives extreme changes in climate.

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Record Methane Emissions Driven by Agriculture and Fossil Fuels

Sep 30, 2020 09:30AM

A worldwide inventory of methane sources reveals that atmospheric levels of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas are at an all-time high due to agriculture, fossil fuels and landfill waste.

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Natural Awakenings Magazine Hudson County - September 2020

Sep 04, 2020 08:52AM

Enjoy articles from our September issue

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Volunteers Needed for Local Tree Census

Aug 02, 2020 08:08PM

This climate change initiative is a step toward restoring the city’s tree canopy to 40 percent coverage—the ideal amount for Jersey’s City’s size and climate zone.

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