New Jersey moves closer to banning plastic bags – and paper ones, too
PRANSHU VERMA / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - New Jersey lawmakers moved closer Thursday to banning plastic and paper bags [go to article]
State court gives local governments power to push polluters to clean up spills
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - In a case that may boost the ability of the state to force polluters to clean up spills [go to article]
With help from Trenton, Paterson looks to remake old industrial parcels
LEAH MISHKIN / NJTV NEWS - Local officials in Paterson have long dreamed of a renaissance in their gritty town [go to article]
DEP signs off on new stormwater runoff rule – very quietly
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - The state Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday quietly signed a controversial new rule [go to article]
NJ moving closer to bans on plastic bags, straws and foam containers after delay
SCOTT FALLON and MEGAN BURROW / NORTHJERSEY.COM - After 15 months in legislative limbo, New Jersey lawmakers appear [go to article]
New Jersey Appellate Division affirms municipal court jurisdiction to enforce Spill Act penalties
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW - On November 13, 2019, the Appellate Division held that the New Jersey Department of Environmental [go to article]
Scaling back state’s goals for electric vehicles
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - With less than two months remaining in the lame-duck Legislature, clean-energy advocates [go to article]
New Jersey to buy 1,400-acre farm in historic conservation deal
FRANK KUMMER / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has announced "one of the most [go to article]
Planned recycling panel would seek to revive depressed markets for materials
JON HURDLE / NJ SPOTLIGHT - New Jersey households are recycling less of their waste than they did a few years ago because of a decline [go to article]
Phil Murphy wants to double offshore wind power goal for New Jersey
SCOTT FALLON / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order Tuesday that would more than double his offshore wind [go to article]
