As climate change rises to top of Democratic agenda, New Jersey’s Frank Pallone gains...
JONATHAN TAMARI / PHILLY.COM - Frank Pallone has waited a long time for this moment. The Democratic congressman from the Jersey Shore [go to article]
In towns with plastic bag fees, it’s ‘matter of changing old habits’
AVALON ZOPPO / PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY - Change doesn’t come easy. At least that’s what J.C. Byrnes, an employee at a Ventnor thrift shop [go to article]
New Jersey Attorney General says federal judge erred in PennEast Pipeline ruling
JON HURDLE / NJ SPOTLIGHT - New Jersey’s attorney general says PennEast Pipeline Co. can’t legally sue the state for access to more than 40 parcels of protected land [go to article]
Number of New Jersey towns banning plastic bags grows in 2019, more poised to...
JON TULEYA / PHILLY VOICE - Could 2019 be the beginning of the end for the plastic shopping bag in the Delaware Valley? They won't go completely extinct in the new year [go to article]
N.J. sues Trump admin over seismic testing
AVALON ZOPPO / PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY - New Jersey has joined eight other states and a coalition of environmental groups across the Northeast in suing the Trump administration [go to article]
Phil Murphy remains quiet as opposition grows toward Meadowlands power plant
SCOTT FALLON and MEGAN BURROW / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Gov. Phil Murphy's administration made some key moves this week to lower the carbon footprint [go to article]
New Jersey sets CO2 limit for power plants as it slowly returns to climate...
SCOTT FALLON / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Gov. Phil Murphy's administration announced steps on Monday to return New Jersey to a group of Eastern states that places limits [go to article]
State rejects Atlantic City offshore-wind project for third time – too pricey
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - The state has once again rejected a plan to build a small pilot offshore-wind project off Atlantic City, a decision seemingly at odds [go to article]
NJ joins multi-state plan to curb pollution from trucks, buses, other vehicles
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - New Jersey is joining a regional effort to reduce carbon pollution from the transportation sector, the biggest source of greenhouse [go to article]
Pallone promises to hit the ground running with climate change hearings next session
LEAH MISHKIN / NJTV NEWS - A battle is brewing over environmental policy. In the face of multiple scientific studies concluding climate change is a growing threat [go to article]
