Fresh off the enactment of a ban on single-use plastic and paper bags, lawmakers seek to increase the recycled content in plastics such as drink bottles.
Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Friday a measure giving state regulators power to deny development permits to businesses whose operations pollute predominantly Black and other minority communities.
The Waterfront Alliance has created a task force call for better enforcement from the state to make sure waterfronts are open and publicly accessible throughout the state.
A plan to increase recycling of food waste in New Jersey, rather than send it to incinerators or landfills, took one step back and then one forward Thursday.
New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone is co-sponsoring legislation to reinstate a tax he says will make polluters once again pay for cleanup of Superfund sites.
New Jersey on Friday sued a mix of companies and individuals over a half-dozen polluted sites across the state, mostly in poor and minority communities.