Press Releases

The DEP and U.S Army Corps. Of Engineers released their New Jersey Back Bays Coastal Storm Risk Management interim report. The study presents a preliminary focused array of alternative plans that reduces risk to human life and flooding risk from...

After news that B.L England will not repower with natural gas nor use the SJG Pipeline, Attorney General Grewal sent a letter to the Pinelands Commission asking for a postponement of the case, due to the changed circumstances. Grewal said that...

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, acting on behalf of the NJDEP, filed an order in Superior Court that would halt all activities at the Vernon dump site, force the property owner to identify all the materials in the massive pile and allow...

Ocean County acquired nearly 8,000 acres of open space in Lacey and Waretown, the county's largest open-space purchase since it began the program in 1997, officials announced Friday. The 7,923-acre purchase cost $15,450,000, which is covered by...

Today Empower NJ-No Fossil Fuel Projects Campaign will issue a critical report on greenhouse gases from the proposed 13 fossil fuel projects. FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE IN NJ: The Urgent Case for a Moratorium on all Fossil Fuel Projects is a...

According to a new Monmouth University Poll, voter approval ratings on Governor Murphy puts him behind his predecessors after their first year in office. The poll found that 43% approved of Murphy and 40% disapproved.

After Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey has set out to build protective sand dunes along the state’s 127-mile shoreline. Homeowners who own beachfront property, however have tried to block the project and some have managed to receive compensation for the...

This morning a fire at the Monmouth County Landfill broke out in one of the buildings. Plumes of smoke funneled out of the building as fire crews battle to put out the fire. This is just days after a town council meeting on the horrible odors coming...

Governor Phil Murphy announced his support for a full fracking ban in the Delaware River Basin and issued a letter to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) expressing his position that proposed rules should be amended to ban all fracking...

The Trump administration says it has cut off negotiations with California officials over the future of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency rules for cars. The Trump Administration is also moving forward on “Safer Affordable...