Enabled by NASA Sensors and Technical Assistance It’s not easy to predict the path of forest fires—a lot depends on constantly changing factors like wind. But it is crucial to be as accurate as possible because the lives, homes, and businesses of the tens of thousands of people living and working in fire-prone areas depend on the reliability of these predictions...
A resident is suing the town, seeking to halt a local cabinet maker from relocating his business to a barn to be constructed several feet away on his property, according to court records. The lawsuit filed in Bridgeport Superior Court on June 24 by Daniel Lent claims the Planning and Zoning Commission’s approval of Frank Lisi’s special permit to build an “accessory...
May 30, 2013 The Record: Bough to history article via northjersey.com DAYS MAY be numbered for a large, historic red oak that has deep roots in Teaneck’s past, but if science is any indication, and a little luck holds, the tree may live on as more than memory. Even as its likely demise is being calculated — Bergen County is planning to chop it down, due to decay and...
This spring, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit an all-time high. As of this week, the fate of major federal climate change legislation seems to be in limbo. But Neil Chatterjee, a former member and chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, says there’s plenty to be hopeful about despite rising temperatures. Here’s one reason why: If Chatterjee, a...