Dr. Robert Chant, a professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, is researching sediment and...
Water Quality
Two States: One Bay Conference Summary is Available
The Two States: One Bay conference, convened on June 12, 2015 by the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative and the New York-New Jersey Harbor &...
Fixing Flooding: One Community at a Time Workshop
The Sustainable Raritan River Initiative is co-sponsored this workshop on flooding and green infrastructure. The purpose of the program was to...
Climate Resilient Green Infrastructure for the Raritan Basin
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Climate Resilient Green Infrastructure project will lay the foundation to reduce future flooding...
Two States: One Bay – a bi-state testimonial video about the Raritan Bay
On June 12th, 2015, the New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program and the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative at Rutgers University...
Swimming in the Raritan
Did you know you can swim in the Raritan Bay? NYC Parks offers four public beaches on the Raritan Bay, while New Jersey offers a number of prime...
NY/NJ Baykeeper Pumpout Boat
Jamaica Bay, Sandy Hook, and Raritan Bay all fall victim to pollution due to the large number of recreational boats resulting in sewage pollution...
Two States: One Bay — 7th Annual Conference and Awards Ceremony
Two States: One Bay A bi-state conversation about the future of the Raritan Bay 7th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference and Awards Ceremony...
Report Dumping in the Raritan
Stop dumping in the Raritan! To report dumping, call the NJDEP Hotline at 877-WARN-DEP After you report the illegal activity to the NJDEP, call...
First Woodbridge Homes Demolished in DEP’s Blue Acres Program
The first Woodbridge demolitions in the post-Sandy Blue Acres residential property buyout program occurred the week of March 18, marking another...
Recent Products
About Legal Advertising
This second part of The Future of New Jersey Journalism: Evolution, Not Extinction examines the evolving landscape of legal advertising requirements in New Jersey amid significant changes in media publishing models. The impending cessation of print operations by New...
Key influences on residential photovoltaic solar panel adoption in the United States
The prevalence of low-density residential development to host solar PV, the ubiquity of solar irradiation, and incentivizing policies have created substantial opportunities for homeowners in the United States. Federal, state, and municipal governments implement...
New Jersey Residential Appliance Saturation Survey
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) contracted with NMR to implement a Residential Appliance Saturation Survey (RASS) for the state of New Jersey. The objective of the study was to document current...
Comparing ambient and personal measurements of exposure to urban heat stress
This paper reports on a field study of personal exposures to summer heat stress in Elizabeth, NJ, USA, a medium-sized city that hosts an international airport, a shipping port, a petrochemical refinery complex, and a major transportation corridor in a densely...