Press Releases

Solvay Specialty Polymers has filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Gloucester County accusing nearby Paulsboro Refining Company of being the source of water pollution in the area. Solvay has paid $3.5 million over a decade to clean up...

The underground pollution plume from the Ciba-Geigy Superfund Site has been cut in half after 24 years of pumping and treating polluted groundwater. Over 10 billion gallons of polluted groundwater have been treated to remove contaminants and then...

Solvay Specialty Polymers is using unnamed “process aids” as a replacement for PFNA at its plant in West Deptford, NJ. Solvay refuses to name the chemicals being used and has released no information on the potential health impacts. They have...

Today, Senator Smith announced a new substitute bill for S2515 (Smith). According to Senator Smith, the substitute bill will be much closer to the California model than the original bill. The new bill will establish a 25% recycled content...

The Highlands Council has approved up to $515,300 in funding for six projects that will address stormwater, wastewater and lake management. The projects are in Passaic, Morris, and Sussex Counties and include stormwater mapping, wastewater research...

A state grant-funded program to address harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Echo Lake is seeing positive results. The program, which was awarded $475,000, is described as a 36-month project to prevent HABs in reservoirs serving the Pequannock Water...

The 2020 New Jersey Black Bear hunt begins this Monday, October 12-14 for Segment A, Archery Only. Despite the ban on hunting bears on state lands, hunting has been conducted on private land. The New Jersey Sierra Club believes that without an...

Ridgefield Park officials are in the process of trying to stop NJ Transit from acquiring a 56-acre property off Route 46 that could be turned into a bus depot. The depot would be for 500 diesel buses. The village had originally planned to build a...

The New Jersey Water Supply Authority canceled their Thursday hearing on the renewal water permit for Trump’s National Golf Course in Bedminster, New Jersey. The private golf club is located in the middle of the Highlands Preservation Area. The New...

Today at the NJ Board of Public Utilities PSE&G filed to receive its ZEC Certificates for its nuclear power plants. In the Matter of the Implementation of L. 2018, c. 16 Regarding the Establishment of a Zero Emission Certificate Program for...