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Posted on: 2008/1/24 22:14
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Agreed. A few years ago when even Con-Ed was giving incentives for replacing old windows and buying efficient heaters and appliances, PSE&G was giving nada.
Posted on: 2008/1/24 22:01
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Oh wow! It's just great to see PSE&G funding such a worthy, affirmative and eco-friendly community inititive!
What a crock. I don't know what's harder to believe--that a massive CO2 polluter and chronic over-charger like PSE&G is waving its "green" credentials... or ...that knuckleheads like Ed Begley Jr. and Ted Danson have hopped aboard this PR Express train--presumably for some measure of added fame and fortune. P.S.--Is "special guest" Don Imus going to play an exhibition game against the Rutger Girls BBall squad?
Posted on: 2008/1/24 21:54
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Plan Green Expo at Liberty Park
Thursday, January 24, 2008 By N. CLARK JUDD JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The saying goes that it's not easy being green - but it might be easier after the PSEG Global Green Expo at Liberty State Park in April. The three-day expo will take place the weekend after Earth Day, officials from the city and PSEG, parent company of PSE&G, announced yesterday. It will feature booths and exhibits from green companies and nonprofits, as well as information from PSE&G on ways to conserve energy in the home, PSEG officials said at a press conference yesterday. The expo will feature addresses by environmentally conscious celebrities Ed Begley Jr., Ted Danson, Dierdre Imus, environmental author and wife of controversial shock-jock Don Imus, and Jeff Corwin. Sponsored by The Jersey Journal, The Star-Ledger, WNJN and the Liberty Science Center, the expo is part of a broader initiative to restore New Jersey as a true "Garden State," said state Board of Public Utilities Commissioner Christine Bator. "We New Jerseyans can show the world and the rest of the country that we can do this," Bator said. The expo will also be part of a PSEG initiative to give away 100,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs, said company Chief Executive Officer Ralph Izzo. Izzo said the first 1,000 visitors to the expo will receive free light bulbs. Both the company - and Jersey City - have much ground to cover in the fight for environmental sustainability. PSEG owns a coal-burning power plant on Jersey City's west side, and Izzo said that while the company is spending $750 million to reduce the amount of particulates coming from its smokestacks, that won't reduce its carbon emissions. Jersey City is in the final stages of a legal settlement with Fortune 500 giant Honeywell International to clean up acres of chromium-contaminated land on the west side. Even Izzo's compact-fluorescent initiative is not without drawbacks: while more energy-efficient, the bulbs contain mercury. A PSE&G official at the conference said broken bulbs must be sealed in plastic bags before being disposed of. N. CLARK JUDD can be reached (201) 217-2472.
Posted on: 2008/1/24 14:40
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