2018-05-19 15:18
New Jersey has some of strictest standards in country for regulating the contaminants, but environmentalist says DEP's regulation process has slowedJon Hurdle reports for NJ Spotlight Lawmak… Read More
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2018-05-18 22:01
Kate Layron writes for Partnership for the Delaware Estuary:Things change after 20 years. Scientific research provides us with new knowledge about the Delaware Estuary. Storms and hurricanes… Read More
2018-05-18 19:32
The NJ Senate Environment and Solid Waste committee will meet at 10 a.m., Monday, May 21, in the State House Annex's Committee Room 10 (third floor) to consider: S-601 … Read More
2018-05-17 04:41
Fracking Industry warns of ‘devastating effects’ Jenner and Block attorney Matthew G. Lawson reports in Lexology: On April 2, 2018, the Pennsylvania Superior Court issu… Read More
2018-05-16 21:07
Chinese workers removing trash from recyclables. Wall Street Journal photo Bob Tita reports for The Wall Street Journal:The U.S. recycling industry is breaking downPrices for scrap paper and… Read More
2018-05-15 04:45
Daniel Moore reports for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:Duquesne Light Co. announced on Monday that its customers are eligible for a $3,000 rebate until June 30 on the purchase of a 2018 Nissan… Read More
2018-05-15 00:07
Herb Jackson reports for The Bergen Record:Funding for Amtrak's Gateway project, which includes a new tunnel under the Hudson River, was not touched in the $15 billion package of budget "res… Read More
2018-05-12 20:20
A federal court ruling could force the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to decide whether or not to rehear the PennEast Pipeline application. The natural gas pipeline would go through a… Read More
2018-05-11 22:43
Sheldon Silver found guilty on all counts (Richard Harbus photo)Kaja Whitehouse reports for the New York Post:The ex-speaker of the New York state Assembly Sheldon Silver was found guilty on… Read More
2018-05-11 20:22
NJTV News correspondent Michael Aron reports:The predominant topic in Trenton this season is, how will Gov. Phil Murphy get his budget passed? The governor has proposed taxing income over $1… Read More
2018-05-11 14:35
Ferry boat doing test runs between Carteret and NYC three years agoLarry Higgs reports for nj.com:Ferry service between Middlesex County and New York City, talked about since the 1990s, coul… Read More
2018-05-11 04:39
Governor asks feds for six-month extension to assess impact of offshore wind farms on state’s main fishing grounds Tom Johnson reportsfor NJ Spotlight: Gov. Phil Murphy is asking the f… Read More
2018-05-09 19:27
Michael Hill reports for NJTV News:Environmentalists oppose the North Bergen Liberty Generating Plant. A subsidiary of Mitsubishi wants to build the fracked gas-fired plant in New Jersey and… Read More
2018-05-09 15:03
Samantha Marcus reports for NJ.com:New Jersey's average property taxes may have hit a new record high last year, but you can find plenty of property tax bargains in all of of New Jersey's 2… Read More
2018-05-08 20:59
City wants collection zones, competition tooMatthew Flamm reports for Crain's:Three years ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city would look into a radical new system for the priva… Read More
2018-05-08 11:53
PSEG's nuclear station in Salem County. Columnist Tom Moran writes for The Star-Ledger:New Jersey families and businesses are likely to be hit soon by a $300 million annual surcharge on elec… Read More
2018-05-06 01:36
The Race of Gentlemen, vintage car and motorcycle racing on the beach in Wildwood, Saturday, June 10, 2017. (Lori M. Nichols | For NJ.com)(Lori M. Nichols)By Frank BrillEnviroPolitics Editor… Read More
2018-05-05 18:15
By Frank BrillEnviroPolitics EditorFast-moving vehicles and a slow-moving reptile are the subjects of legislation to be taken up on Thursday, May 10, by the New Jersey Assembly Environment a… Read More
2018-05-05 13:04
Nine years into a program to cut down on New Jersey’s overload of chemically contaminated sites, the results have been impressive John Oberer is a Licensed Site Remediation Profession… Read More
2018-05-02 16:25
PSEG head acknowledges nuclear plants in Pennsylvania could benefit from subsidies awarded to his company Salem nuclear power plant:Tom Johnson reports for NJ SpotlightIf and when Gov… Read More
2018-05-01 22:16
The Sofitel Marrakesh Imperial Palace Hotel in Marrakesh, Morocco, was one of EPA chief Scott Pruitt’s stops in the country in December. (Kevin Sullivan/The Washington Post)Kevin Sulli… Read More
2018-05-01 14:39
Attorneys from the Gibbons law firm have presented 'friend of the court' arguments on behalf of the New Jersey Bar Association before the state supreme court in a case involving the timing o… Read More
2018-04-30 11:00
By Frank BrillEnviroPolitics EditorThe NJ Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee will take up legislation designed to help state grape growers and wineries at 1 p.m. on Thursda… Read More
2018-04-28 21:44
Georgina Gustin reports for Inside Climate News:As the country's demand for chicken has soared—Americans eat three times more chicken now than they did 50 years ago—Del… Read More
2018-04-28 20:33
Glenn Coffee, who served with Scott Pruitt in the Oklahoma Senate, and Crystal Coon, Pruitt’s former chief of staff, hadn't lobbied at the federal level before 2017.Marianne LavelleBY… Read More
2018-04-28 16:20
Foam used to contain storage tank fire in England (BBC photo) Kyle Bagenstose reports for Bucks County Courier Times:Board members of the Warminster (Pa) Municipal Authority voted unanimousl… Read More
2018-04-27 18:49
Mistakes chiefly affect how much customers pay Tom Johnson reports for NJ Spotlight:Public Service Enterprise Group will pay $39 million to settle allegations of numerous violations by… Read More
2018-04-26 17:32
Former Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey Kim Guadagno (Aaron Houston photo)Vince Calio reports for NJBIZ:Former Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno has accepted a position as partner with Roseland-b… Read More
2018-04-25 18:13
The city of Newark and the acting commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection are facing a court battle over unsafe levels of lead in drinking water.Tom Johnson reports… Read More
2018-04-25 15:21
Betsy Lillian reports for Solar Industry:Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., has introduced the bipartisan Protecting American Solar Jobs Act, which would repeal the Trump administration’s solar… Read More
2018-04-24 16:27
Jeff Goldman reports for NJ.com:The former mayor of a Mercer County (NJ) town has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing thousands of dollars and using the money to give himself… Read More
2018-04-22 19:10
2018-04-22 16:18
Offshore drilling rigs ike this one are banned from NJ waters (Getty Images)Brent Johnson reports for NJ.com:New Jersey has now banned drilling for oil and natural gas in state waters -- and… Read More
2018-04-20 17:27
China's trash import ban is giving the global recycling industry an enormous headache. The flip side: the world has finally been forced to rethink its approach to waste.Ivana Kottasová&hell…Read More
2018-04-20 16:25
An anti-flooding water pump roars at full capacity at Maurice Gibb Park in Miami Beach due to the beginning of King Tide last October. (C.M. GUERRERO photo)Alex Harris reports in The Miami H… Read More
2018-04-20 04:05
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $39 million in available funding to support early stage research and development (R&D) of innovative h… Read More
2018-04-19 23:58
Booker still keeps a football in his Senate office in Washington (DAVID SWANSON / Staff Photographer)Jonathan Tamari reports in Philly.com about Cory Booker:On his gleaming resumé, Bo… Read More
2018-04-19 19:43
Clean-air advocates wind up with $72 million, had hoped total amount would go to fighting greenhouse-gas emissionsTom Johnson reports for NJ Spotlight:Roughly half of the $141 million t… Read More
2018-04-18 20:19
Mariner East 2 pipe being installed in 2017 in Washington County, Pa.Jon Hurdle reports for StateImpact:Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing… Read More
2018-04-18 14:09
Opponents worry that loophole in bill on governor’s desk will allow fracking waste to be discharged into river Tom Johnson reportsfor NJ Spotlight:At one time, the sprawling 1,455… Read More
2018-04-16 16:43
The ruling clears the way for state Attorney General Maura Healey’s investigation into whether oil giant Exxon misled the public and investors about climate change.David HasemyerBY&nbs&hell…Read More
2018-04-16 03:34
American farm equipment has grown larger and more productive, but also more dependent on electronic sensors and computer software.When something goes wrong, repairs can be costly, and tracto… Read More
2018-04-15 17:07
Jenny Wagner and Kyle BagenstoseStaff writers for the Bucks County Courier Times and The Doylestown Intelligencer have earned state awards for their environmental reporting from the Pennsylv… Read More
2018-04-14 17:01
By Frank BrillEnviroPolitics Editor"Not with a bang but a whimper" (The Hollow Men,T.S. Eliot )After months of sustained criticism at public hearings, in newspaper editorials, and in radio a… Read More
2018-04-12 18:01
Brent Johnson reports for NJ.comTimothy Eustace, the second openly gay person ever elected to the New Jersey Legislature, will resign from the state Assembly on Friday, he confirmed to NJ Ad… Read More
2018-04-12 12:09
Andrea Sears reports for Public News Service Play Audio in Browser WindowAs electric vehicles increase their range, more charging stations will be needed to meet the demand. (pxhe… Read More
2018-04-11 23:01
The first order of business: David Nowacoski feeding his chickens (George Etheredge photo)Michael Corkery reports for The New York Times:EAST SMITHFIELD, Pa. — Huge retailers like Walm… Read More
2018-04-11 14:43
Proposal would deliver rebates of $100M annually over three years to drivers who switch to plug-in vehicles Tom Johnson reportsfor NJ Spotlight: Clean-energy advocates are still lo… Read More
2018-04-11 11:48
Protect PT is challenging Penn Township's zoning ordinance, which allows drilling in the green areas .Reid Frazier reports for StateImpact Pennsylvania:A dispute over a local law that… Read More
2018-04-10 21:05
PSEG nuclear power generating complex in Salem County, NJFederal agency contends alleged violations occurred when company was bidding into power auction to set prices consumers pay for elect… Read More
2018-04-10 16:14
Remington & Vernick Engineers Inc. was the largest donor among contractors, with $512,550, followed by T&M Associates with $366,880, Alaimo Group with $345,500, Pennoni Associat… Read More
2018-04-09 21:32
The New Jersey Senate will meet at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, for a voting session. Included among the posted bills are: S71 (Singleton) - Prohibits dumping d… Read More
2018-04-09 17:26
Leah Mishkin reports for NJTV News:The William Penn Foundation is donating $42 million over the next three years to protect and restore clean water in the Delaware River watershed.&rdq&helli…Read More
2018-04-09 15:20
Interior secretary calls wind part of administration’s ‘all-of-the-above’ energy policy, wants to gauge interest in shallow waters between NJ and Long IslandTom Johnson rep… Read More
2018-04-08 20:09
Coral Davenport and Lisa Friedman report for the NY Times:WASHINGTON — As ethical questions threaten the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt, President Trump ha… Read More
2018-04-06 14:44
By Frank BrillEnviroPolitics EditorA numer of important changes to the brownfields cleanup program were adopted with the recently-enacted federal funding law. Attorney David J. Freeman… Read More
2018-04-06 02:43
One of the (hopefully unintended) consequences of President Trump's recent tariffs is that print newspapers in the northeast, already hurt by a changing economy, will suffer a new blow that… Read More
2018-04-05 18:27
Cullen and Dykman today announced that Andrew McNally has joined the law firm as Partner. McNally served as Senior Deputy Chief Counsel in the administration of former New Jersey Governor C… Read More
2018-04-05 11:44
Millions of dollars more for grassroots efforts in New Jersey and adjoining states to tackle dangers to vital source of drinking water Jon Hurdle reports for NJ Spotlight:A multistate initia… Read More
2018-04-04 14:53
Eight-state initiative hopes to have more than 3 million zero-emission vehicles on road by 2025. New York joins the effort but not Pennsylvania or Delaware Tom Johnson reports for NJ Sp… Read More
2018-04-03 17:19
Len Boselovic reports for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette :U.S. Steel would pay $1.2 million to federal and state regulators under a deal to settle environmental violations that occurred last Ap… Read More
2018-04-03 15:41
Michael Sol Warren reports for NJ.com:Get your green thumbs ready: Spring is here and New Jersey is giving 90,000 young trees away for free.The state forest service's New Jersey Tree Recover… Read More
2018-04-03 14:37
Replacement of the Route 22 Lehigh Valley Bridge and reconstruction of the Fullerton exit is one of the most expensive projects in the Lehigh Valley. (HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)Tom Sho… Read More
2018-04-02 23:20
Aaron Blake reports for The Washington Post:Lost in the debate over whether President Trump should talk to Robert Mueller is this: The arguments against him doing it ofte… Read More
2018-04-02 16:58
Favorable regulatory climate, natural attributes like wind speed, shallow waters, proximity to cities with high energy demand play into favorable assessmentTom Johnson reports for NJ Spotlig… Read More
2018-04-01 14:29
Is an electric Harley the future for millennials--and the company? Connor Smith writes in the Philadelphia Inquirer:...Another major pivot is the company’s continued investment in elec… Read More
2018-03-30 12:34
Aerial photo of the dredging equipment set up to remove contaminated sediment from Pompton Lake that was laced with mercury from DuPont's former munitions facility. (Photo: Chris Pedota/Nort… Read More
2018-03-30 04:58
By Frank BrillEnviroPolitics EditorThree high-profile energy bills--including a $300 million safety net for PSEG's nuclear power operations--will be considered by the New Jersey Assembly's… Read More
2018-03-29 19:49
A portion of the 500 acres containing headwaters of the Lehigh River acquired by the Wildlands Conservancy. Frank Kummer reports for Philly.com:You might know the Lehigh Ri… Read More
2018-03-29 12:47
Tom Johnson reports for NJ Spotlight: New Jersey Natural Gas yesterday filed an expansive six-year proposal to help its customers reduce their energy usage, seeking to invest more than $341… Read More
2018-03-29 11:49
New Hampshire Public Radio reports:CREDIT SAM EVANS-BROWN /NHPRMassachusetts energy officials have announced they're going with Plan B to bring Canadian hydroelectric power to the Bay State… Read More
2018-03-29 03:55
Dear Friend of Recycling,The Association of New Jersey Recyclers (ANJR) invites you to take a look and 'like' its new Facebook Page. The social media site is designed to keep you up to date… Read More
2018-03-28 19:53
Joseph P. Smith reports for The Daily Journal:MILLVILLE - A long vacant and vandalized factory that was the centerpiece of a glass industry that provided jobs for generations soon may be bac… Read More
2018-03-27 23:19
Max Pizzaro reports for InsiderNJ:Environmentalist Dave Pringle of Cranford is out of the CD7 Democratic Primary for Congress.That leaves frontrunner Tom Malinowski of Rocky Hill, social wor… Read More
2018-03-27 22:13
Ted Sherman reports for The Star-Ledger:Longshoreman Paul Moe Sr. was hardly ever at work.The 66-year-old Port Elizabeth dockworker, who made $493,029 a year, was paid 24 hours a day, seven… Read More
2018-03-27 07:46
Denise Chow reports for NBC News:It may look like just another giant smokestack, but a 200-foot tower in the central Chinese city of Xi’an was built to pull deadly pollutants from the… Read More
2018-03-26 14:20
Andrea Sears reports for Public News Service:HARRISBURG, Pa. – The period for submitting written comments on the Delaware River Basin Commission's draft natural-gas drilling regul… Read More
2018-03-26 12:51
Brent Johnson reports for NJ.com:State lawmakers are set to vote Monday on a package of bills to make New Jersey's gun laws even tougher -- and Gov. Phil Murphy has vowed to sign them all if… Read More
2018-03-25 19:59
Michelle Brunette reports for the Atlantic City Press:A bill to restart the Fishermen’s Energy wind farm project for the ocean off Atlantic City passed an Assembly committee Thursday a… Read More
2018-03-24 00:21
The following six energy and environment bills are among a list of 52 pieces of legislation scheduled for votes by the New Jersey State Senate on Monday, Marcy 26, 2018:S534 (Oroho… Read More
2018-03-23 22:20
The Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee will consider the folliowing bills on on Monday, March 26, 2018:Bog turtleS1925 (Batem… Read More
2018-03-23 20:42
Philadelphia Water Department utility representative Michael Cossie dye-tests storm water and sanitary sewer connections to investigate crossover issues, in which household sewage flows into… Read More
2018-03-23 20:21
News Release: Middlesex Water Company (NASDAQ:MSEX), a provider of water, wastewater and related utility services, is pleased to announce that its Manager of Engineering, Brian F. Carr, P.E… Read More
2018-03-22 19:12
The MacArthur Commons development, adjacent to an Oakland transit station, will create almost 400 units of housing. Credit Jim Wilson/The New York TimesConor Dougherty and Brad Plumer report… Read More
2018-03-21 08:36
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2018-03-21 03:32
A kelp forest off Mexico’s Pacific coast. A project presented this week at an energy research conference proposes using tiny robots to farm seaweed for use in biofuels.CreditReinhard D… Read More
2018-03-20 11:34
The 24-megawatt Fishermen’s Energy pilot could pick up a tailwind thanks to governor’s ambitious clean-energy agenda Tom Johnson reports for NJ Spotlight:Fishermen’s Energy… Read More
2018-03-19 22:59
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today announced plans to turn a hole in the ground, known in New Brunswick as the hub, into a large incubator for scientific and technological research.Michae… Read More
2018-03-19 20:15
Fundamental changes to ways electricity and gas will be delivered are in the offing, according to experts Steve Corneli, principal, Strategies for Clean Energy InnovationTom Johnson reports… Read More
2018-03-19 18:47
ACLU uses a detainee in New Jersey to make its case.Matt Katz reports for WNYC:The American Civil Liberties Union and other human and civil rights organizations filed a class-action lawsuit… Read More
2018-03-19 02:06
Lincoln Financial Field solar wing facing I-95Sandy Bauers reports for Philly.com:Going green isn't just for the EaglesMany companies have greened up their acts in ways that aren’t rea… Read More
2018-03-19 01:35
In the special election in Pa.'a 18th District, Democrat Conor Lamb beat Republican Rick Saccone by fewer than 1,000 votesLiz Navratil reports for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:The Pennsylvani… Read More
2018-03-17 21:28
At its March 22 meeting, the New Jersey Assembly's Telecommunications & Utilities Committee will focus on legislation to improve the operations of water supply systems. "The public… Read More
2018-03-17 13:02
\Natural gas compressor station off Bordentown-Chesterfield Road (Carl Kosola,Burlco Times)David Levinsky reports for the Burlington County Times:The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has… Read More
2018-03-14 02:52
Julie Dermansky reports for DESMOG:Despite hearing over four hours of public comments mostly in opposition, New Orleans City Council recently approved construction of a $210 million natural… Read More
2018-03-13 03:38
Socieity Hill view from Society Hill Tower Photo by, Kimberly Payton WHYYJake Blumgart and Jim Saksa report for WHYY NewsHarry Schwartz, 84, remembers when his neighb… Read More
2018-03-13 02:37
A power struggle at the largest private development in the country markks a turning point in NYC's consruction industry Joe Anuta and Daniel Geiger report for Crains:One construction wo… Read More
2018-03-12 14:51
The Schuylkill Action Network (SAN) today announced that it has launched a completely redesigned and revamped website: SchuylkillWaters.org. The SAN is a collaborative network of nonprofits… Read More
2018-03-11 19:27
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, Getty photoLisa Friedman and Julie Hirschfeld Davis report in the NY Times:John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, has killed an effort by… Read More
2018-03-11 17:16
Subsidence combined with sea level rise around San Francisco Bay doubles flood-risk areaThe San Francisco Bay shoreline, where yellow indicates areas where a projected rise in sea level (SLR… Read More
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