Press Releases

ASBURY PARK, NJ -- Congressman Pallone has reintroduced the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act. This legislation would ban oil and gas exploration, development, and production in the Atlantic Ocean.

The Warehouse retail bill, S3688 (Sweeney)/(Singleton) did not get enough votes to be released from the Senate Community and Urban Affairs committee today. The bill requires proposed retail warehouse developers to complete a regional economic impact...

Governor Murphy vetoed a bill that would have weakened environmental and labor regulations. A4810 (Pinkin) / S441 (Oroho) creates the Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission, which would recommend amendments to rules, regulations, or...

The Sierra Club has intervened on Williams new expansion project called the Regional Energy Access Expansion. This project would include multiple existing facilities and two new pipeline facilities, a 21.98 mile lateral pipe in Luzerne County, PA...

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $7.3 million in grants for projects to enhance ecosystems and water quality in the Paulins Kill and Pequest River watersheds. The grants are funded by Natural Resource Damage (NRD) settlement...

This week, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is celebrating Air Quality Awareness Week. New Jersey still has some of the worst air quality in the nation, with the American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2021 report failing...

The NJ Department of Transportation will be holding a virtual public forum to discuss the I-295 retaining wall that collapsed in Bellmawr in March. The meeting will be held via Zoom on April 7 at 6:00 pm. The retaining wall that collapsed is part of...

President Biden announced a $2 trillion infrastructure package this week that will impact New Jersey. It includes $621 billion for transportation, $650 for affordable housing, schools, water infrastructure, and broadband, and $300 billion for...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan announced that he is dismissing 40 Trump appointees from the EPA’s Science Advisory Board and the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC). This is part of the EPA’s plans to...

The NJ Sierra Club is calling on Governor Murphy to veto A4810 (Pinkin) / S441 (Oroho), a bill on his desk that could weaken environmental and labor regulations. The bill creates the Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission, which...