New Jersey’s Lost Valley tells the story of government home buyouts
ROBERT BENINCASA / NPR - There's a neighborhood in New Jersey that was once part of a booming manufacturing town. But now its name seems prophetic – Lost Valley [go to article]
New Jersey scores clean-air victory in pollution battle versus Trump administration
SCOTT FALLON / NORTHJERSEY.COM - States whose air pollution blows into New Jersey and contributes to high smog levels will not be able to delay making cuts [go to article]
FERC reviews its policies for approving natural-gas pipelines
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - The federal government is opening a review on whether its policies governing approval of interstate natural-gas pipelines should be revamped [go to article]
Will Trump administration give PSEG – and other utilities – nuclear subsidies?
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - The Trump administration is proposing to bolster the fortunes of coal and nuclear power plants [go to article]
How Pruitt’s EPA is delaying, weakening and repealing air pollution rules
MARIANNE LAVELLE / INSIDECLIMATE NEWS - It is a seemingly pro-environment promise in an administration with almost none of them [go to article]
Opponents of bill urge governor to veto or revise nuclear subsidy measure
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - In a last-ditch effort, a diverse group of business, labor, consumer advocates, policy wonks, and environmentalists are calling [go to article]
Trump administration less concerned about conserving oil
ELLEN KNICKMEYER / AP - Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy statement [go to article]
Ban on disposal of fracking waste in NJ nears but some enviros have qualms
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - State lawmakers are moving once again to ban the dumping of fracking waste in New Jersey. But, not so fast, say [go to article]
Murphy pulls NJ out of suit attacking Obama-era climate change plan, reversing Christie
JAMES M. O'NEILL / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Gov. Phil Murphy moved Tuesday to pull New Jersey out of a multi-state lawsuit designed to block the federal Clean Power Plan [go to article]
N.J. environmentalists say Murphy’s energy plan comes up short
MEIR RINDE / WNYC - When Phil Murphy was running for governor in 2017, he campaigned as an environmental progressive who would take the threat [go to article/audio]
