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The Building for Working Families initiative in Jersey City is working to address the affordability crisis using

New Jersey’s LSRP program transformed environmental remediation, accelerating brownfield cleanup and sustainable economic growth statewide.

The New Jersey Infrastructure Bank (NJIB) offers low-interest, blended loans for water, transportation, and resilience projects, saving communities billions! #NJIB #Infrastructure #NewJersey #WaterBank #PublicWorks

A federal appeals court has upheld New York’s water quality permits for the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline, rejecting a challenge from environmental organizations seeking to overturn the state’s approval. The ruling removes a significant legal hurdle for the major regional energy project, which will expand natural gas capacity through Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. After years of permitting disputes and environmental review, construction on NESE is moving forward.

A federal judge’s decision striking down New York’s controvesial Climate Change Superfund Act could derail New Jersey’s similar proposed program.

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.

As Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, rising temperatures are putting pressure on the grid in Pennsylvania. Now, two of the Commonwealth’s largest coal-fired power plants, Keystone and Conemaugh, are expected to remain open through 2032 to meet the rising demand.

PFAS have been found in the bodies of an estimated 97 percent of Americans, with research linking exposure to potential health risks. Residents can use NJ’s PFAS mapping tool to check local water quality and take steps to limit exposure.

New Jersey’s water story began in crisis: contaminated rivers, cholera outbreaks, and failing private suppliers. Out of that turmoil came reservoirs, treatment plants, and the regional systems we rely on today. Now those systems are aging, and the state faces a new era of hard choices. How we got here, and what comes next.

"We strongly support efforts to improve climate resilience and environmental protection. However, these goals must be pursued in a manner that is economically sound, administratively efficient, and compatible with New Jersey’s urgent need for housing, investment, and job creation."

New Jersey has faced nature’s wrath time and again. These five storms alone caused more than $33 billion in damage, reshaping communities and infrastructure statewide.

"New Jersey is, in many ways, ground zero for some of the worst impacts of PFAS.” Water providers across the tristate area are racing to remove these “forever chemicals” from drinking water through new treatment systems and stricter testing.

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