Murphy CVs bill forcing divestiture from companies dodging Superfund cleanups
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - Gov. Phil Murphy yesterday conditionally vetoed legislation (S-1208) that would force the state to divest public-pension funds from entities [go to article]
Kennedy’s retirement could clear path for Trump’s environmental rollbacks
BRAD PLUMER / NY TIMES - The retirement of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy from the Supreme Court could significantly reshape environmental law [go to article]
Trust approves $15 million for Green Acres land acquisitions and flood property buyouts
GARDEN STATE PRESERVATION TRUST - The board of the Garden State Preservation Trust today approved $15.3 million in funding for the State Office of Green Acres [go to article]
Murphy request could slow development of wind farms off NJ and NY
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - Gov. Phil Murphy is asking the federal government to extend the public comment period on proposed new lease sales for offshore wind [go to article]
With little fuss or fanfare, legislature passes clean-energy bills
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - In a day absent of the drama that enveloped the issues for the past few months, the Legislature gave quick and easy approval [go to article]
Newark may go to court to defend lead levels in its drinking water
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - The city of Newark and the acting commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection are facing a court battle over unsafe levels [go to article]
FEMA strips mention of ‘climate change’ from its strategic plan
CHRISTOPHER FLAVELLE / BLOOMBERG - The Federal Emergency Management Agency, responsible for dealing with the effects of disasters like hurricanes and floods [go to article]
They’re called ‘gliders,’ and they are big polluters. N.J. wants them off the roads
MICHAEL SOL WARREN / NJ.COM - Keep those "super-polluting" trucks off the road: New Jersey's air is dirty enough. That's the message that the Murphy administration [go to article]
State of the Union: Trump glorifies coal, shuts eyes to climate risks
JOHN H. CUSHMAN JR. / INSIDECLIMATE NEWS - It was a distinct irony to hear President Donald Trump open his State of the Union address by reciting [go to article]
Trump’s new ocean policy focused more on economy, less on environment
MICHELLE BRUNETTI POST / PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY - The fate of the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Action Plan, which took years to develop and was starting to be used by government [go to article]
