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Reducing energy use in N.J. will require unprecedented effort
Reducing energy use in millions of homes, businesses and institutions in New Jersey by 2020 will require an unprecedented effort if the state wants to meet its Energy Master Plan goals, according...
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Report: Costs of inaction on climate change are prohibitive
Some of the many local impacts and costs linked to inaction on climate change, according to a new Union of Concerned Scientists' report: - A 100-year coastal flood today will likely happen every one...
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Heeding state plan would save 60,000 acres, report says
New Jersey would save about 43,000 acres of environmentally fragile land by 2028 if it follows the State Development and Redevelopment Plan, according to an impact assessment. That's 67 square...
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Latest data on tritium at Oyster Creek in Lacey
New Jersey has released more data on concentrations of radioactive tritium in groundwater at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey. Several monitoring wells still had tritium concentrations...
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Rapid beach-water testing project under way at four Ocean County beaches
Research on a rapid test for checking pollution resumed at four Ocean County beaches this month, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. The DNA-based test is aimed at providing...
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Radioactive tritium levels lower at Oyster Creek nuclear plant
More than two years after tritium leaks were discovered at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey, only two monitoring wells had tritium levels above government limits as of July, according to...
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Radioactive tritium still elevated in some Oyster Creek wells
Levels of radioactive tritium are still elevated in two monitoring wells at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey, according to new state data. The plant had two tritium leaks in 2009, shortly...
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N.J. endangered and threatened species, map changes
Last week, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced controversial changes to its list of endangered and threatened species. The DEP upgraded the status of the bald eagle, Cooper's...
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Should all health agencies issue warnings at polluted beaches?
Fecal pollution violated government limits at eight beaches in Monmouth and Ocean counties on Monday, when officials took water samples at more than 200 spots in New Jersey. Officials took more...
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Hurricane Bob skirted N.J. 22 years ago today
Does Hurricane Bob ring a bell? Twenty-two years ago today, Bob skirted the Jersey Shore and scored a direct hit on Block Island, according to the National Weather Service. Many other hurricanes and...
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