Nine US states plus the District of Columbia have announced they will design a new regional low-carbon transport policy to cap and reduce carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation fuels. Proceeds from the programme will be reinvested into low-carbon and more resilient transportation...
Beth Noveck has been appointed as New Jersey’s first chief information officer (CIO). New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said Noveck will “create a 21st century government that makes decisions by tapping high-quality data and diverse collective intelligence.”
Noveck is a professor in the technology, culture,...
Rate Counsel, a New Jersey-based consumer advocacy group, is fighting to halt Verizon Communications' push to move away from copper wireline phone services. They want the telecom giant to stop disconnecting customers from the service until regulators can finish an investigation into the practice.
In...
An attempt by Verizon Wireless to build a 150-foot cell tower in a residential neighborhood in Bernardsville, N.J., has been shot down by an appellate court.
The decision was a hard fought victory for residents. From May 2010 to December 2011, the New Jersey borough’s...
