New Jersey Environmental News

Thursday, April 7th, 2016
Microbes take center stage in workings of 'the river's liver'
...iments in the hyporheic zone. Sands shift, rocks move, and water flows into new places. Picture the New Jersey shoreline under assault during Hurricane Sandy; s...

Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
E.P.A. Adds Sites to National Priorities List to Reduce Risk to Public Health and Environment
... * Nebraska - Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co (former gas plant manufacturer) in Norfolk. * New Jersey - Former Kil-Tone Company (former pesticides manu...

Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
E.P.A. Adds N.J. Pesticides Manufacturing Facility to the Federal Superfund List of Hazardous Waste Sites; $1 Million Spent to Date
...t Avenue in Vineland, N.J. In 1926, the Kil-Tone Company sold the property to Lucas Kil-Tone Co., a New Jersey company, which is believed to have continued manu...

Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
E.P.A. Initiates 2nd Review of Hudson River PCB Cleanup; Public Encouraged to Participate
...local repositories established for the site: Edgewater Public Library, 49 Hudson Avenue, Edgewater, New Jersey 07020; Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market Stree...

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016
E.P.A. Backing Accessible to Prevent Plastic Trash in New Jersey and New York Waters; Proposals are Due May 10, 2016
... Commission (NEIWPCC) to fund local plans that will prevent plastic trash polluting water bodies in New Jersey and New York. Plans may include a variety of plas...

Monday, March 21st, 2016
10AM: E.P.A. Administrator Delivers Keynote Address at 2016 AMWA Water Policy Conference
...sociation of Metropolitan Water Agencies' 2016 Policy Conference WHERE: Washington Court Hotel 525 New Jersey Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20001 WHEN: Monday Mar...

Friday, March 4th, 2016
E.P.A. Finalizes Passaic River Cleanup; One of the Biggest Superfund Plans in E.P.A. History Will Protect People’s Health and the Environment
... to remove 3.5 million cubic yards of toxic sediment from the lower 8 miles of the Passaic River in New Jersey, followed by capping that entire stretch of river...

Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
E.P.A. Declares 2015 Energy Star Certified Manufacturing Plants
...) Missouri: Holcim St., Genevieve (cement) Buzzi Unicem River Cement, Festus (cement) New Jersey: Ardagh Group, Bridgeton (container glass)* P...

Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
E.P.A. Acknowledges Nissan and Toyota Manufacturing Plants in Mississippi for Achieving 2015 Energy Star Certification
...River (juice) Missouri: Holcim St., Genevieve (cement) Buzzi Unicem River Cement, Festus (cement) New Jersey: Ardagh Group, Bridgeton (container glass)* Phill...