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New Jersey

The Passaic River Stars in a Short Drama About Its Life as a Superfund Site

In New Jersey, first-time playwright Cynthia Mellon spotlights the decades-long fight to clean one of the nation’s most polluted rivers.

By Anna Mattson

The Passaic River flows through downtown Newark, N.J. Credit: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
A data center’s liquid cooling system. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images

How Much Water and Energy do Data Centers Consume? A New Jersey Bill Demands Answers.

By Rambo Talabong

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks in front of the Keystone Trade Center during a press conference on Aug. 7 in Falls Township, Pa.

Citing the Need for ‘Significant Reform,’ Pennsylvania’s Governor Threatens to Pull the State Out of the Region’s Power Grid

By Kiley Bense, Aman Azhar, Charles Paullin, Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

The site at Princeton’s Quarry Park that is being prepared for the town’s new microforest. Credit: Courtesy of Inga Reich

Plans Bloom for a Microforest in Princeton as New Jersey Residents Tackle Rising Heat

By Emilie Lounsberry

Kavone Little stands outside the New Jersey Reentry Corporation’s Kearny facility after graduating from its solar panel installation program. Credit: Rambo Talabong/Inside Climate News

Solar Power Gave Hope to Former Prisoners in NJ. Federal Cuts Are Taking It Back

By Rambo Talabong

The former DuPont chemical manufacturing facility at the Repauno Port and Rail Terminal in New Jersey is being cleaned up for PFAS contamination. Credit: Office of the NJ Attorney General

Chemical Manufacturing Made New Jersey the ‘PFAS Toilet for the Country’

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

A street floods in Plainfield, N.J., as Gov. Phil Murphy declares a state of emergency during heavy rainfall on July 15. Credit: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images

With New Jersey Still Reeling From Summer Storms, Fossil Fuel Interests Fight ‘Climate Superfund’ Bill

By Jon Hurdle

The Kearny Generating Station, owned and operated by the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, is seen in Kearny, N.J. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

Utilities Want to Regain the Ability to Build Power Plants in PJM. Consumer Advocates Say That’s Probably a Bad Idea

By Dan Gearino

A crew with the Public Service Electric and Gas Company work on power lines in Ridgefield, N.J. Credit: EMAZ/VIEWpress

New Jersey Orders Probe, Demands Transparency From PJM

By Rambo Talabong

With machete in hand, Isiah Cruz clears a patch of invasive common reed along the Passaic River’s edge. Credit: Anna Mattson/Inside Climate News

The Slow-Moving Fight to Clean New Jersey’s Most Contaminated River

By Anna Mattson

A green heron is seen in South Jersey’s Black Run Reserve. Credit: Adam Nolan/Climate Revolution Action Network

Led by Gen Z Activists, Community Opposition Mounts to Residential Development Next to South Jersey’s Black Run Reserve

By Naaja Flowers

The Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant within PJM’s territory, is seen on June 12 in Maysville, Ky. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

Cleanup takes place at the former DuPont Pompton Lakes Works manufacturing site in New Jersey. Credit: Borough of Pompton Lakes

Amid Federal PFAS Rollbacks, New Jersey Scores Record $2 Billion DuPont Settlement

By Rambo Talabong

Workers with the Billion Oyster Project prepare to place oysters in the waters near Brooklyn’s Bush Terminal Park in New York City. Credit: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

A New Jersey Shore Town Has Turned to Oysters to Fight Sea Level Rise and Erosion

By Emilie Lounsberry

A view of the PJM Interconnection control room in Valley Forge, Pa. Credit: PJM Interconnection

PJM Capacity Price Hits Cap as Clean Energy Projects Remain Stalled

By Rambo Talabong

As Politicians Quarrel Over Wildfire Smoke, Research on Its Health Impacts Piles Up

By Kiley Price

Vehicles move slowly through midtown Manhattan traffic in New York City on June 6, 2024. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

As California’s Emissions Rules Faces Court Battles, States Scramble To Save Their Climate Goals

By Rambo Talabong

People exit a New Jersey Transit PATH train on May 19 in Hoboken, N.J. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

In Budget Crunch, New Jersey Strips Clean Energy Fund in Near-Record ‘Raid’

By Rambo Talabong

A television crew is shrouded in smoke from the Jones Road fire on April 24 in Forked River, N.J. Credit: Adam Gray/Getty Images

As Wildfires Increase, NJ Considers the Impact on Public Health

By Anna Mattson

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