FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 23, 2010 Contact: Kristy Ranieri, (973) 762-1510 k.ranieri@circlepoint.com Half-way Point Achieved: 50% of New Jersey Municipalities Register for Sustainable Jersey Towns across all 21 Counties Working to Attain Certification Trenton, NJ (July 23, 2010) – Today Sustainable Jersey announced that 283 towns or fifty percent of the 566 municipalities in New [...]

The story of Weehawken resident Ismael Cid-Martinez, 23, already sounds a lot like the American Dream come true. Born in the Dominican Republic, he graduated from Weehawken High School and St. Peter’s College in Jersey City. A 2002 New Jersey State Champion bicyclist, he’s worked as a research assistant at the United Nations, and more [...]

Think the trend of businesses making green office renovations is just a passing fad? Not according to the latest issue of EL Insights, which reports that the U.S. green building market value will balloon from $71.1 billion now to $173 billion by 2015. Commercial green building is expected to grow by 18.1% annually during the same [...]

On July 4, 1776, our forefathers declared independence from a power that threatened the safety and happiness of the people it governed. Today, we ask you to do the same. Oil has destroyed the Gulf of Mexico and endangered the life, liberty, and happiness of those that rely upon it.  Declare your independence from dirty [...]

Small, but passionate crowds in Paterson and Hackensack on Thursday called on lawmakers to give illegal immigrants a chance to come out of the shadows and obtain legal status. The demonstrators, who included a city councilman, clergy and Hispanic community leaders, said comprehensive immigration reform is long overdue, and more critical than ever as local [...]

First of all, let’s get something straight: The ruinous oil spill spreading all manner of havoc in the Gulf of Mexico is not just President Obama’s problem, and it’s not just BP’s problem. Indeed, it’s not even only a regional problem but a national problem. In fact, if you want to go one step further, [...]