Montclair Environmental Commission

The program has also launched in Maplewood, South Orange, Verona and Glen Ridge.

The Feb. 12 event’s keynote speaker is author and economist Gar Alperovitz.

Montclair will create a Climate Action Plan in response to New Jersey’s Global Warming Response Act Report, issued last year. 

Since December of last year, Montclair has had its own ordinance prohibiting single-use plastic bags in large chain stores.

The Montclair Environmental Commission is pushing for a measure to stop the euthanization of geese used in the past as part of Montclair’s wildlife maintenance plan. 

Notwithstanding the heavy rainy clouds outside creating a minor local climate 'crisis,' the largest crowd yet, of about 300 attendees, braved the weather to gather at one of the largest environmental activist gatherings in the area, the Fifth Annual Acting Locally for a More Sustainable World Conference...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Sara Friend was out shopping at the Claremont Avenue CVS last Friday when she realized she had left her reusable bags in the car by mistake and had to pay for the store-issued bags to carry out her purchases...

Strobe lights, installed in the spring, are not keeping the geese population at bay. 

Get ready Montclair, bag ban takes effect in supermarkets and big pharmacies Dec. 8.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news On Friday Sept. 20, Montclair middle and high school students participated in a walkout, one of hundreds taking place around the world, calling attention to climate change. That same evening, residents gathered on Church Street where NJ Peace Action held its own rally bringing attention to environmental issues affecting our world...