Critics say logging Sparta Mountain preserve is not acceptable in era of climate change

Professor says climate change allows bacteria to continue growing through mild winters, and rebloom with vigor in hot summers

The DEP has proposed new rules governing the Highlands that would permit an additional 1,145 septic systems, about 12 percent more than under existing regulations.

Bridgegate aftershocks. The former Port Authority chair pleads guilty to a felony, accused of extracting favors from United Airlines. The federal probe also ensnares the ...

Conservationists help block a 23-mile natural gas pipeline, but the Statehouse Commission is expected to take up the issue again within 10 business days.