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Toxic sites in NJ are stuck in limbo as clean-up cash dwindles from feds
Clean-up work at Superfund sites hinges on whether the site’s original polluters have been found and mandated to pay, as well as money available in the EPA budget, the EPA said. An agency spokesperson noted that since 1996, there have only been two years when the...
Residents shouldn't overpay to make NJ clean energy leader
The worthwhile transition to clean energy “will be expensive and regressive,” said Frank A. Felder, the director of the Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy at Rutgers University. His op-ed for NJ Spotlight said residents will pay more directly and...
Residents shouldn’t overpay to make NJ clean energy leader
The worthwhile transition to clean energy “will be expensive and regressive,” said Frank A. Felder, the director of the Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy at Rutgers University. His op-ed for NJ Spotlight said residents will pay more directly and...
Panelists emphasize community support, advocacy, to end hair discrimination
The Bloustein School hosted the CROWN Conference January 29.
CEO of Atlantic Health System to examine health care through lens of affordability, Feb. 27
Brian Gragnolati to speak Feb. 27
Bloustein PhDs publish article in Journal of Education Policy
Ryan M. Good, PhD '06, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Co-Director of the Washington Community Scholars’ Center at Eastern Mennonite University in Washington, DC and Katharine Nelson, PhD candidate at the Bloustein School, recently co-authored an article,...
NJ Clean Energy Plan Proposes Bold Actions
“For a start, the state should conduct a complete, and the word complete cannot be emphasized enough, energy rate impact of its Energy Master Plan (EMP) that includes all of the additional costs (e.g., transmission, tax incentives, state expenditures, etc.) that the...
Midwest Is Most Robot-Dense Region
A recent report sponsored by the Century Foundation claims that industrial robots have not yet brought the dire nationwide effects that some people have warned about. “How Robots Are Beginning to Affect Workers and Their Wages” shows that the impact of automation...
New Jersey Marks a “Novel” First in Fighting Climate Change
“It would certainly seem that New Jersey would really be taking a big leap here,” said Jeanne Herb, director of the environmental analysis group Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Other states, like Rhode Island, are moving...
Rutgers faculty releases report on transportation for individuals on autism spectrum
Cecilia Feeley, transportation autism project manager at the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), and Andrea Lubin, a senior research specialist at the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, were two members involved in this report. They used...
Opinion: As Trump’s trial comes to an end, we must begin to mend our political divide
At some point, our political divide must mend, at least enough that our government can operate as a functioning democracy. When cooperation is absent we get the gridlock that characterizes our polarized nation. And it may appear, to a dismayed and frustrated...
2020: 1/30 The CROWN Conference: Can Public Policy End Hair Discrimination?
1/30 The CROWN Conference: Can Public Policy End Hair Discrimination? click to play The purpose of this conference was to discuss, educate, and illuminate the need for a New Jersey bill known as the CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Naturals) to...