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Potosnak sworn in as DEP commissioner, announces leadership team to focus on responsive government

Ed Potosnak was sworn in as New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner on Sept. 8. He has served as acting commissioner since January. Following the ceremony, P...

AG Davenport, DEP Commissioner Potosnak announce damages settlements with Hess and Hercules

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Ed Potosnak announced Oct. 5 the finalization of two separate natural r...

New Jersey REAL Development Rules in Flux as State Weighs Changes to Flood Zone, Environmental Permitting

NJ data center DataOne fined $1.07M for air violations

NJDEP fined Vineland data center DataOne $1.07 million for installing 62 gas generators without required air permits or certificates. The post NJ data center DataOne fined $1.07M f...

Sherrill Administration Issues $1 Million Fine to Vineland Data Center

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection today announced that it has fined the DataOne data center in Vineland, Cumberland County, $1.07 million for violations of the...

New Jersey Fines Data Center $1 Million Over Generators It Says Were Not Permitted

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that it is ordering a $1.07 million fine against the DataOne data center in Vineland for allegedly installing...

New Jersey Partners with BoatUS Foundation to Track Abandoned Boats

New Jersey State Police joins BoatUS Foundation’s ADV database to track and investigate abandoned vessels. The centralized system helps identify environmental, navigation and safet...

OPINION: NJ can protect wetlands and speed permits

Dan Kennedy, CEO of CREDA NJ, says NJDEP’s wetlands backlog progress shows New Jersey can protect the environment while making permitting faster and more predictable. The post OPIN...

NJ Fines Data Center $1M Over 123 MW of Unpermitted Generation

State regulators ordered DataOne to seek air permits for generators at its AI data center in south New Jersey with permanent power infrastructure continuing.

PADEP Considering ASTM Standard Guide for Moving Sites to Closure for Petroleum UST Releases

Maine Packaging EPR Program Faces New Uncertainty After DEP Receives No Bids

Gov. Sherrill declares State of Emergency across eight counties as state braces for nor’easter  

Gov. Mikie Sherrill declared a State of Emergency across eight counties expected to face the most severe impacts from the nor’easter, effective at 5 p.m. Sept. 25. The storm is exp...

NJ data center leak spills 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into river, officials say

More than 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel were leaked from a data center’s storage tank into a tributary of the Hackensack River, New Jersey officials said. The leak was first repo...

Sherrill terminates State of Emergency following early season nor’easter

Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Sept. 29 lifted the State of Emergency declared in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Salem counties through Executi...

JET concerned about permits issued by NRCA for reported wetland removal and development in Falmouth, Trelawny

The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is raising concerns about permits issued by the Natural Resources Conservation Autho...

New Jersey LCV Announces Endorsements for Local Elections

New Jersey LCV, the leading political voice for the environment in New Jersey, announced its 2026 endorsements for local races in the general election. New Jersey LCV is a nonparti...

Data center spills 5K gallons of diesel into New Jersey Meadowlands

About 5,000 gallons of fuel spilled from a storage tank at the Equinix Data Center and flowed into Anderson Creek, a tributary of the the Hackensack River in New Jersey. The sp...

Aqua New Jersey finalizes deal to buy Lake Tamarack Water System in Hardyston Township

Essential Utilities Inc., which merged with American Water in August, announced Oct. 14 that its Aqua New Jersey subsidiary has finalized its $113,000 purchase of the water system...

Pallone Calls for NJ, Federal Officials to Survey Damage After Storm, Anticipating Federal Disaster Declaration

Following heavy rain and coastal flooding caused by a powerful nor’easter that impacted areas across New Jersey, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today called on the New Jers...

NY's climate superfund law has been struck down. Is NJ's bill now in trouble?

A man falls off his bike into a flooded street the morning after the remnants of Hurricane Ida drenched the New York City and New Jersey area in 2021. Detractors say it's clear...

Cleanup of NJ's Passaic River inches forward with $125M settlement

Downtown Newark, New Jersey and Passaic River. Work to remove the toxic sediment from what has been called "America's biggest crime scene" has been delayed for over 40 years, b...

New Jersey watching what happens in legal battles over N.Y. Climate Change Superfund Act

Leaders on both sides of the legal fight concerning New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act are speaking out.

Reworld of Florham Park purchased three Long Island-based environmental solutions companies

Reworld, a Florham Park-based provider of sustainable waste solutions with six New Jersey locations, announced Sept. 1 its acquisition of Clean & Green Recycling Corporation, C...

Data center company that spilled fuel into the Meadowlands plans another center next door

Work at the Equinix data center site in Seacacus It will be the company’s fifth colocation data center in Secaucus. It's got several more in NJ and NY. [ more › ]