Press Releases

The gas tax in New Jersey is increasing by 9.3 cents per gallon on Thursday, October 1. This will bring the gas tax total in New Jersey to 50.7 cents. Diesel will also be taxed by 57.7 cents per gallon. This is because less gas was sold in New...

Today, Governor Murphy signed S2021 (Sarlo)/A4720 (Pintor Marin). The legislation changes increase the operational budget of the Department of Environmental Protection to $181,496,000, up from $159,496,000. It also restores money that was being...

On Thursday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with start a $52 million beach replenishment project in Long Branch, Monmouth Beach, and Sea Bright. The project will add 2.7 million cubic yards of new sand onto the beaches. The first phase which...

“There has been a major new development on the Gibbstown, NJ LNG port. Delaware River Partners, a subsidiary of New Fortress Energy LLC, has filed a Petition for a Declaratory Order with FERC for the Gibbstown LNG terminal. It was in the Federal...

The Assembly has passed A1978 (Pinkin) / S864 (Smith) and the Senate concurred. The bill prohibits the provision or sale of single-use plastic carryout bags, single-use paper carryout bags, and expanded polystyrene foam food service products. It...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that will require new cars sold in the state to be electric or otherwise zero-emissions. The state’s clean air regulator, the California Air Resources Board, will develop regulations that ensure every new...

Today, Governor Murphy is signing S232 (Singleton) into law. The legislation requires that a person seeking a permit for a new facility, or for the expansion of an existing facility, that is located in a burdened community meets certain additional...

New data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that the groundwater at the Chambers Works site in Salem County contained 3 PFAS chemicals above health standards. The data was based on samples taken between July and December 2019....

A study released by Rutgers and Rowan universities last week found that New Jersey has been using less land for new development compared to 20 years ago. According to the report, an average of 16,852 acres a year was developed for housing or...

The West Coast is facing unprecedented forest fires that are still growing uncontrollably. Firefighters in California, Oregon, and Washington have been battling multiple fires throughout the state for nearly a month as hot, dry weather has fueled...