pollution

Some New Jersey congressmen want to revive a tax to pay for cleaning up polluted sites.

States and industry groups dependent on fossil fuels filed court challenges Friday to President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

When rains drenched the region, New York residents received real-time alerts on sewage overflows into public waterways. New Jerseyans had no such accommodations

The state of New Jersey is reminding residents that it's against the law to keep a vehicle idle for more than three minutes.

Amid complaints that planned federal rules to cut carbon emissions will hurt the economy, a new study says the northeastern states that already have moved in that direction are seeing economic benefits.

The Obama administration on Friday proposed tough new standards to reduce pollution from carbon-emitting trucks and vans, the latest move by President Barack Obama to address global warming.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Details of New Jersey's proposed $225 million settlement with Exxon Mobil over pollution around refineries in Linden and Bayonne were posted online Monday, starting the clock on a legal process that will stretch into June and giving vocal opponents an opportunity to persuade a judge to kill the deal.

SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) -- Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday defended a settlement with Exxon Mobil on a decade-old lawsuit for a fraction of the nearly $9 billion the state had sought for environmental damage, calling the deal "really good."

After more than a week's worth of paddling, Medford Lakes mother of two Margo Pellegrino is completing the final leg of her nine-day canoe trip from Trenton to Newark, in order to raise awareness for pollution in the state's waterways.

Beaches from Cape May County to Monmouth County are among a list of New Jersey's 10 worst for having the highest levels of bacteria, according to a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council.