environment

A recent study found low levels of hexavalent chromium in New Jersey's tap water.

Biting flies seem to be more of a nuisance than usual this year. What's going on?

New Jersey could really use a heavy dose of rainfall - more than one, actually - but for now, Garden State residents can make the most impact in the quest to conserve water and avert serious water shortage concerns in the future.

New Jersey lawmakers haven’t solved the transportation funding issue, but they’re already turning some of their attention to another big-ticket infrastructure need: drinking water. The state Senate last week approved creating a task force made up of six lawmakers that will study the topic...

Two industrial companies will be held liable for the cleanup of a toxic chemical that found its way into an upstate New York village's drinking water, the acting state environmental commissioner said Thursday.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio brushed up his Italian to greet Pope Francis at the Vatican Thursday, discussed their shared concern over the environment and gave the pontiff a check for his charitable works.

A national report recently found that NJ is “lagging far behind” other states in electric car sales and availability of changing stations, raising concern from environmental groups.

A Superior Court judge has ruled that multiple defendants are responsible for the $6.13 million to cover the cost of removing mercury contamination at the site of a former day care center in Franklin Township, Gloucester County.

New Jersey's top environmental official said the state's open-space program can limp along for another year with about $100 million from canceled projects and repaid loans but no long-term funding source for land and historic preservation has been established.

The recent news that four additional acres of trees are being removed as part of the parkway project is drawing criticism from an environmental group.