By TOWN OF WESTFIELD
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May 21, 2021 at 2:15 PM
The Town of Westfield’s Green Team, in conjunction with the Westfield Board of Education and assistance from the NJ School Boards Association, will launched a high school level Green Career Fair on Thursday, May 20 to introduce students to future careers in the Green Economy. The Career Fair will be held virtually over four days and feature 12 speakers, each representing various jobs in the sustainability field.
“We are thrilled to partner with the Board of Education to hold one of the first Green Career Fairs in the state,” said Ward 3 Councilman and Green Team Liaison David Contract. “This is a great way to show Westfield students how they can turn their passion for protecting the environment into a fulfilling career.”
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As the state tries to electrify its transportation sector, one focus has been on electric school buses. But there hasn’t been much success largely because of the larger upfront costs of purchasing electric vehicles instead of diesel buses.
Clean-energy advocates contend, however, that school districts could offset those costs by having electric vehicles supply power, stored in the vehicles’ batteries, back to the regional electricity grid when they are not transporting students to and from school.
If so, that could speed up the rollout of electric school buses in New Jersey, according to environmental groups who are urging school districts to stop purchasing diesel buses and transition to all-electric buses by 2030 in a new report.
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Renewable energy is power produced by sunlight, wind, rain, tides, plants, algae or geothermal heat, sources that cause less damage to the environment than fossil fuels. Coal, natural gas, and oil damage the environment when they are mined or extracted, and when they are burned to generate electricity they give off gases that are a major factor in climate change.
LIVINGSTON, NJ A virtual public meeting to discuss the inception of a renewable energy program that has become available for Livingston’s PSE&G customers through the township's involvement in.
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