Press Releases

A coalition of 20 states and four municipalities sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday over its rollback of methane emissions standards for oil and gas production. California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine,...

The toll increases for the NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway go into effect on Sunday, September 13, 2020. Tolls will increase by 36% on the NJ Turnpike, with an average trip increasing from $3.50 to $4.80. Tolls on the Garden State Parkway will...

Today during the Pinelands Commission September public meeting, Commissioner Lohbauer mentioned that he would like to make site location visits where the 6 spills occurred during the construction of New Jersey Natural Gas’s Southern Reliability Link...

Senate President Stephen Sweeney, Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro sent a letter calling on the BPU to stop the Ocean Wind project by Ørsted. The project, which is 15 miles off Atlantic City, is the only offshore wind...

Representatives of Liberty State Park for All have come out with statements saying that Jeff Tittel, Director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, called for a full cleanup of the park. The Coalition is an astroturf organization backed by Paul Fireman and...

Today the Delaware River Basin Commission have voted to put a stay on the approval of New Fortress Energy’s LNG facility. The vote was 3-1-1. This stay will allow the agency to have more time to review the project and halts any construction. The...

A federal appeals court reversed on Tuesday a lower court ruling that said a settlement deal between the state of New Jersey and the former owner of a Combe Fill South Landfill turned-Superfund site shielded the landfill’s owner from liability from...

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection is seeking public input on its multi-million dollar investment to restore 234 acres of Liberty State Park’s interior. The plan would use money from the Natural Resources Damages (NRD) fund to restore...

The American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, NJ has announced that it will reopen on October 1st, even though Governor Murphy has permitted indoor amusements to reopen as of the beginning of September. Visitors to the mall will be required to wear...

New Jersey currently has one beach closed due to high levels of bacteria and three more closed temporarily, according to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection. These are the 5th Avenue bay beach in Seaside Park, Beachwood Beach West,...