Question du jour: When is a rant not a rant? (Or, ‘Is no nukes good nukes?’)

Indian Point Nuclear power plant. Photo by Daniel Case. CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), via Wikimedia Commons

Happy weekend, Highlanders!

I had the opportunity to attend the 15th annual New Jersey Land Conservation Rally at Brookdale Community College last Saturday. Kudos to Rally coordinator Laura Szwak, the NJ Conservation Foundation and all who assisted in […]

May I call you “Sybil,” PSE&G?

Hello, Highlanders. Weekend rant time.

First and foremost – before I go off on a rant, I want to make sure that all of you read an OpEd by West Milford Mayor Bettina Bieri, “Why is West Milford enthusiastic about conforming to the Highlands Regional Master Plan?” I’d also like to ask you to forward […]

Susquehanna-Roseland Line obsolete, destructive

OpEd piece by Nancy Shukaitis and Scott Olson on the proposed PSE&G Susquehanna-Roseland power line project and its potential impacts on the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. […]

Save by using compact fluorescents!

by Scott Olson – December 12, 2008

Did you know that lighting comprises nearly 20 percent of the electric energy we use in our homes? By installing ENERGY STAR-qualified compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL), you can help reduce your electric costs and overall demand, since CFLs use approximately 25 percent of the electricity of similar […]