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See NJSpotlight opinion piece on making New Jersey the healthiest state
Read Jeanne Herb's Op-Ed in NJSpotlight on achieving health equity in New Jersey. Follow this link.
EAC Jeanne Herb joins Rutgers climate scientists in offering testimony to legislative committee on coastal impacts of climate change
On Thursday, March 22, EAC Executive Director Jeanne Herb joined Rutgers professors David Robinson and Robert Kopp as part of a Rutgers panel testifying in front of the New Jersey Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee outlining impacts of changing climate conditions on New Jersey's coastal zone. View Jeanne's testimony here.
Raritan Scholars Looking for Internship Proposals for Fall 2018
The Raritan Scholars program is a great opportunity to engage Rutgers students in a substantive internship as well as an opportunity for you to advance your local projects. The Rutgers Scholars course is a four-credit program that requires an undergraduate student to spend at least 125 hours directly involved in a project that benefits the Raritan River...
New Jersey 2040 Water Demand Study for Public Community Water Supply Systems
A new study by Dr. Dan Van Abs provides a variety of water demand scenarios for New Jersey's 584 Public Community Water Supply (PCWS) systems, targeting the year 2040, including, of course, those utilities operating within and dependent upon the Raritan Basin. The study includes an assessment of how changes in population trends could alter demands, with...
Anaerobic Biodegradability of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Raritan River Sediments
Professor Max Häggblom and his team of researcher received a R3C mini-grant to investigate the biodegradability of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Raritan River Sediments. The team was comprised of Dr. Häggblom (Dept. Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS), Professor Lee Kerkhof (Dept. Marine & Coastal Sciences, SEBS), Professor Donna...
EAC Staff Participate at Annual Conference of NJ Chapter of the American Planning Association
Senior Research Specialists Matt Campo and Stacy Krause participated as conference moderator/presenter on panels focused on climate resilience at the annual conference held at the Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick, NJ. EAC’s Matt Campo moderated a panel titled “Moving Toward Resiliency: A Look at the Past and Directions for the Future in New Jersey”. The panel...
EAC Assists with Groundbreaking Joint Land Use Study at NWS Earle
A Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) is a cooperative planning effort between local governments and military installations. Working with the County of Monmouth, NJ, a team from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy worked with Maser Consulting, P.A, HR&A Advisors, and AECOM to help develop climate resilience analyses and recommendations...
Join EAC at the 2018 Preparedness Summit! – April 17th to 20th
Join EAC at the 2018 Preparedness Summit! The Preparedness Summit is the first and longest running national conference on public health preparedness. EAC team member Jennifer Whytlaw will discuss her research on preparedness activities at senior care facilities in New Jersey to respond to environmental natural hazard events. website...
EAC Director Greenberg Appointed to NRC’s Plutonium Disposition Committee
EAC Director Michael Greenberg was recently appointed as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Plutonium Disposition Committee. The objective of the committee is to evaluate methods and locations to dispose of 34 metric tons of U.S. plutonium. Committee Membership Information
New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance Launches Social Media Campaign
The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance – facilitated by Rutgers University–New Brunswick – has launched a social media campaign to enhance public education and to guide people to a wealth of information on climate change resilience on its website. You can follow the campaign on Twitter (@NJAdapt and @RutgersRCI; hashtags include #njadapt and...
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NJ Multifamily Baseline Study
In coordination with Rutgers Center for Green Building (RCGB), ADM Associates, Inc. (ADM) conducted a baseline study of multifamily properties in New Jersey (hereby referred to as the Multifamily Baseline Study) in 2018. The study was funded by the New Jersey Board of...
Powers of Division: “Smart” Spaces as Controlling Workplace Activity Fragmentation
In this article we argue that “smart” work spaces are created through access to wireless networks and mobile cloud computing collaboration software. Yet the power relations embedded in these overlapping physical and cyberspaces function to control the spatial and...
Improving Air Quality in Your Home
Indoor air quality, or IAQ, is the quality of the air around you, including the air within and around the buildings and structures where you live, work and visit. IAQ is an important determinant of health and comfort. Because we spend most of our time indoors (e.g.,...
State of the Raritan Report, Volume 2
Rutgers University’s Sustainable Raritan River Initiative has released a second report on the status of watershed health for the Raritan River. The State of the Raritan Report, Volume 2 continues efforts to update key indicators of water quality and watershed health...