New Jersey needs stronger regulation of warehouses, now | Opinion

Warehouses offer short-sighted solutions that can seem more appealing than they are worth.

Tony Hagen, the editor of The Jersey Sierran, says it’s time to apply what we know about environmental science to our development decisions, especially when it comes to dropping another warehouse in New Jersey.

In the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey,” a community of apes wakes up one morning to find a giant monolith has planted itself in their midst. It induces them to start clobbering their neighbors with bones, and evolutionary history changes. Year after year, New Jersey towns are waking up to something similar: gigantic warehouses in their midst. Don’t miss an issue of our Opinion newsletter! Get it delivered each Wednesday right into your inbox by adding your email below and hitting"subscribe."If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.

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