Route 17 was built for a different Hudson Valley. Decades of population growth, commercial development and expanding tourism have placed new demands on the highway. New York is advancing a $1.3 billion-plus modernization program to keep traffic moving.
New Jersey’s Salem nuclear plant is preparing to produce a critical isotope used to sterilize billions of medical devices. The project could supply at least half of U.S. demand while reducing the nation’s dependence on a small network of foreign producers.
A federal judge has blocked New York from enforcing its controversial Climate Change Superfund Act, which sought to collect $75 billion in legal damages from major energy, utility and fuel companies over the 25 years. The court found the program was beyond the limits of state law.
Cleaning up a Superfund site involves much more than removing contaminated soil.
At the former Cornell-Dubilier Electronics facility in South Plainfield, decades of industrial activity contaminated buildings, groundwater, nearby properties and Bound Brook. The cleanup has required demolition, excavation, thermal treatment, groundwater extraction and years of monitoring.
This deep dive examines how Superfund sites are investigated, how cleanup methods are selected, who pays for the work and why protecting a community can take decades.
Route 17 was built for a different Hudson Valley. Decades of population growth, commercial development and expanding tourism have placed new demands on the highway. New York is advancing a $1.3 billion-plus modernization program to keep traffic moving.
A year after abandoned mine collapses caused multiple sinkholes and months of disruption along I-80 in Wharton, New Jersey is looking beyond emergency repairs. New proposals would establish permanent abandoned-mine reclamation programs to identify dangerous underground voids, prioritize risks to roads and utilities, and stabilize problem areas before another collapse occurs. We look back at the I-80 emergency — and what New Jersey is doing to address the problem beneath its infrastructure.
New York is investing $750 million in clean water infrastructure, including $225 million in new funding to support housing development and rural communities.
An August storm dropped 2.71 inches of rain on the low-lying city, but pumps, underground storage tanks and green infrastructure cleared flooded streets in...
New Jersey is investing billions of dollars in cleaner, more reliable water systems. But replacing pipes and upgrading treatment plants will not be enough if utilities cannot find the people needed to operate them.
