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]
Cancer-linked PFAS in NJ drinking water need greater regulation: Pallone
AMANDA OGLESBY / APP.COM - A New Jersey congressman and environmentalists are urging the federal government to take action [go to article]
60 percent of Superfund sites are vulnerable to climate change, including 4 in Hudson...
PATRICK VILLANOVA / JERSEY JOURNAL - Four Superfund sites in Hudson County are located in areas that may be threatened by climate change [go to article]
60% of toxic Superfund sites threatened by climate change, GAO finds
PHIL MCKENNA / INSIDECLIMATE NEWS - Sixty percent of the nation's heavily polluted Superfund sites — nearly 950 of them — are at risk [go to article]
N.J. has the most toxic waste sites. Top Democrat wants to tax polluters to...
JONATHAN D. SALANT / NJ.COM - Companies responsible for dumping chemicals again would pay a special tax to clean up polluted sites [go to article]
This rural N.J. paradise was almost destroyed by toxic chemicals
STEVE STRUNSKY / NJ.COM - With the sun high in the sky and distant irrigation sprinklers looking like fountains on a lush green plain [go to article]
EPA finalizes $72M cleanup plan for S. Jersey Superfund site. Sierra Club calls it...
FRANK KUMMER / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a $72 million cleanup plan for the Matteo & Sons Superfund [go to article]
The EPA drafted a safety recommendation for cleaning firefighting chemicals from water. The military...
KYLE BAGENSTOSE / BURLINGTON COUNTY TIMES - A new U.S. Department of Defense policy appears to disregard safety recommendations drafted [go to article]
Phil Murphy preaches environmental justice, but some of his actions tell a different story
SCOTT FALLON / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Members of the Ramapough Lenape tribe in Upper Ringwood were optimistic when Gov. Phil Murphy was elected two years ago [go to article]
