Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, and the 64th largest municipality in the country. Located right on Newark Bay, Newark is a hub of air, road, rail, and ship traffic.

         Newark Liberty International Airport is the 14th busiest in the country and numerous highways including the NJ Turnpike, Interstates 280 and 78, the Garden State Parkway, and U.S. Routes 1/9, 22 and 21 connect to Newark.

         By household, Newark is the second highest without automobiles,  the city is extensively served by mass transit.

Links:

 

City of Newark

State of New Jersey

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Worldometers Ticker

 

Rutgers - Newark

Department of Biological Sciences

Rutgers Climate & Environmental Change Initiative

Newark’s Carbon Footprint Project

Newark, NJ –USA

Newarkcarbon.org

A complete carbon audit in an urban setting

         Newarkcarbon is a project

aimed at estimating Newark’s carbon footprint through an accounting of all its sources and sinks. The approach is a combination of research-based estimates such as ecophysiology of plants taking up carbon, demographic GIS analysis, remote sensing, and community based through input and suggestions, personal commitment, and outreach.

         The aim is not only to account for all carbon sources and sinks but to take steps to a more sustainable future, reducing Newark’s carbon footprint.