Each year an estimated 430,000,000,000 Styrofoam and single use plastic containers/utensils are tossed in the trash worldwide. 74,000,000,000 styrofoam cups and plates are thrown in the trash every year in the United States according to the EPA. That is a lot of styrofoam! So, what exactly makes single-use plastics and styrofoam so appealing? They are disposable! No cleanup! Out of sight out of mind! But the truth is that these “one use wonders” have negative long-lasting impacts on the environment and wildlife that call it home. Styrofoam does not break down fully. Styrofoam is made from chemicals-fossil fuels to be Read more →
- Water Advocates Seek Public Backing for Massive Infrastructure Upgrade, NJ Spotlight, December 4, 2017
- Coalition Led Ballot Question Approved, Safeguarding Pollution Settlements, Tap, November 8, 2017
- When Polluters Pay States for their Damage, Who Should Benefit, Governing, October 27, 2017
- Paterson Students Plant in their Newly Built Rain Gardens, Paterson Times, October 19, 2017
- Ballot Question Closer to Stop Raiding of Natural-Resources Damages, NJ Spotlight, October 6, 2017
- NJ Voters to Consider Dedicating Money from Environmental Damage Awards, Newsworks, October 6, 2017
- Lesniak, Environmentalists Seek to Fight Christie’s Exxon Mobil Giveaway, NJToday.net, September 11, 2017
- Letter: Making a Difference for New Jersey’s Environment, The Bergen Record, August 24, 2017
- Politicians, Environmentalists Rally Against EPA Cuts, Jersey Shore Online, August 17, 2017
- Cuts to EPA Budget are Attack on NJ, Environmental Groups Say, NJ.com, August 17, 2017
- Federal Funds Needed to Fix State’s Aging Sewage Systems, The Record, August 16, 2017
- Rain Gardens Being Installed at Paterson’s School 4 and School 28 to Capture 500, 000 Gallons of Water, Paterson Times, August 8, 2017
- State Needs to Step up Attempts to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions, NJ Spotlight, August 11, 2017
- Keyport Environmental Groups Hold Information Event, CentralJersey.com, July 18, 2017
- Proposed EPA Cuts Have NJ Environmentalists Worried, NJTV, July 14, 2017
- Public Meeting on Williams Pipeline, July 13, Amboy Guardian, July 14, 2017
- 5 Things to Know About the Proposed Raritan Bay Pipeline, Asbury Park Press, July 14, 2017
- Public Meeting in Keyport on Thursday Regarding Williams Pipeline, Atlantic Highlands Herald, July 11, 2017
- We’re in Court, as EPA, NY State, NYC Fail of Clean Water, NRDC, June 29, 2017
- NYC Beachgoers Beware, EPA Hit with Sprawling Sewage Suit, Courthouse News Service, June 30, 2017
- Christie Doubles Down Again with No Apologies, Politico, July 3, 2017
- Greens See Red Over Budget Plans, Raids on Pollution Settlements, NJ Spotlight, June 23, 2017
- Who Pays for One of the Costliest Cleanups Ever, E&E News, June 12, 2017
- NY/NJ Baykeeper Pumpout Boat in Navesink, Shrewsbury, and Raritan Bay, June 12, 2017
- NJ Schools Make Efforts to Ban Styrofoam Food Containers, NJ.com, June 6, 2017
- Glen Ridge CCC Gives Its Endorsements, NJ.com, May 20, 2017
- Advocates Unhappy with Edgewater Superfund Cleanup Plan, NJ.com, May 16, 2017
- Abandoned Boat in the Shrewsbury River, The Two River Times, May 16, 2017
- NY/NJ Baykeeper and Partners Release NJ Bayshore Water Quality Data, Atlantic Highlands Herald, May 14, 2017
- Keansburg – The Best Kept Secret, The Two River Times, May 12, 2017
- Union Beach Cleanup this Sunday, Middletown Patch, May 5, 2017
- Funding Fight Continues for Margaret’s Creek Cleanup, Red Bank Green, May 2, 2017
- Letter: Transco Pipeline Project Demands Public Resistance, Daily Record, April 20, 2017
- Metuchen to Host Two Earth Day Celebrations, NMG Media Group, April 18, 2017
- Outrage Over Company Backing out of Superfund Cleanup Through Bankruptcy, NJTV News, April 18, 2017
- Officials Say Company is Avoiding Passaic Cleanup Costs, NJ.com, April 18, 2017
- Watershed Ambassadors Keep an Eye on the Raritan River, MyCentralJersey, April 12, 2017
- Three Greater Morristown Groups Among Nonprofits Sharing $2.7M in Dodge Grants, April 13, 2017
- Trump’s Budget Means Big Trouble for NJ Environment, Experts Warn, NJ Spotlight, March 20, 2017
- Paterson to Get $300,000 Worth of Green Infrastructure To Collect Stormwater, Paterson Times, March 7, 2017
- Rally for the Navesink Meeting Wednesday in Fair Haven, Rumson Patch, March 6, 2017
- What to Know About the Proposed 32,000 Gas Powered Compressor Station Coming to Franklin Township, TapInto, February 28, 2017
- Learn About Proposed 32,000 Horsepower Gas Powered Gas Compressor Coming to Franklin, TapInto, February 21, 2017
- Cuomo Blocks New York City Plastic Bag Fee, The Record, February 15, 2017
- The Two River Times Wins Awards, The Two River Times, February 13, 2017
- Efforts to Curb Plastic Bag Litter Faces Major Opposition, The Record, February 2, 2017
- NY/NJ Baykeeper Unveils Platform to Educate, Engage, on Plastic In Area Waterways, January 31,2017
- Telling the Story of Plastic Bags, Plastic Forks, and Microplastics Polluting Our Planet, January 31, 2017
- Could Trump Administration Undo Toxic Passaic River Fix? WNYC, January 13, 2017
- As Temperature Dips, Beach Access Debate Gets Underway, NJ Spotlight, January 10, 2017
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On-the-Water Events Schedule 2018
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Our Risk, Their Reward. Stop the Williams Transco Pipeline
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