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By Bill Mclaughlin

The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders will spend $500,000 on solar panel arrays that will produce all the energy needed to light and heat the county's 43,000-square-foot southern complex in Manahawkin.

The freeholder board made this commitment July 30 at its preboard meeting following a presentation by PMK Consultants and Birdsall Services Group, local engineering firms.  Read more »

Green Energy Resources opens three ports

Web exclusive posted August 5, 2008 at 12:44 p.m. CST  Read more »

By Larry Higgs • COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU

FAIR HAVEN — Perhaps borough officials should paint their newest police vehicle green when it is delivered.

A Ford Escape Hybrid SUV will join the fleet of patrol vehicles after the Borough Council voted to purchase the vehicle Monday night and Mayor Michael Halfacre hinted that more could be on the way for public works.  Read more »

MARLBORO — The township's utilities authority is looking to go green with the $8.5 million solar farms it's planning on Tennent and Harbor Roads.

The Township Council and the authority have signed off on an agreement that would allow a land swap through which the Marlboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority would receive a 10-acre tract neighboring the Tennent Road pump station to build one of the farms.  Read more »

It's not just consumers who aren't driving as much now that gas is so expensive. Companies have cut back as well, a fact that's changing how they do business -- and in some cases, how we eat.

The buzzword you've probably heard already: Locavores, people who try to eat locally-grown food. It's usually fresher and better for the environment since it's not being trucked across the country.  Read more »

New Jersey, eager to continue getting revenue from its 127 miles of tourist-friendly ocean beaches, has generally inspired its elected officials to oppose offshore oil drilling.  Read more »

Posted by Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger

When Plenty, an environmental magazine, listed the top "green" spots in each state in their latest issue, Jen over at Green Jersey took offense.

After all, the magazine only managed to think of three notable green spots in the Garden State-- and one of them was a now-defunct restaurant.  Read more »

By GreenBiz Staff

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