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The Fight Over New Jersey’s Tough Environmental Justice Law Is Now in the Courts

Passed in 2020, the law requires environmental regulators to consider the effect of projects on overburdened poor and minority communities, as well as the cumulative impact of pollution from all industries.

By Emilie Lounsberry

 The industrial landscape of Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood. Credit: Michael Lofenfeld via Getty Images
People cross a street in an industrial area of Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood. Credit: Paul Sableman/CC BY 2.0

Fourth Power Plant Approved in Newark Despite Tearful Protests From Ironbound Residents

By Emilie Lounsberry
Diesel trucks are seen driving through the Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, N.J. Credit: Yana Paskova/The Washington Post via Getty Images

With NJ’s Tough New Environmental Justice Law in Place, Why Is Newark in Line for Another Power Plant?

By Emilie Lounsberry
One World Trade Center in New York City is obscured amid poor air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires as planes sit on the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport on June 8, 2023 in New Jersey. Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

More Than a Third of All Americans Live in Communities with ‘Hazardous’ Air, Lung Association Finds

By Victoria St. Martin
Pauly Andy transports people and belonging using an all-terrain vehicles in Newtok, Alaska, where melting permafrost, sinking tundra and flooding disturbed the boardwalks on October 9, 2019. Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Environmental Justice a Key Theme Throughout Biden’s National Climate Assessment

By Kristoffer Tigue, Georgina Gustin, Liza Gross, Victoria St. Martin

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