
Advocates say facility would sit in one of the most polluted areas of NJ

Advocates say facility would sit in one of the most polluted areas of NJ
(Photo by Thomas E. Franklin)Residents fear they will bear the brunt of more overflows from a river polluted with toxic debris
(AP Photo/Wayne Parry)Key air permit center of latest fight to halt sewerage commission plan for already polluted region
NJ Spotlight NewsConstruction is expected to take 18 months to two years
(Bobby Brier; NJ Spotlight News)Making the connection between increased temperatures, mental health issues and redlining
(NJ Spotlight News)The freshman congressman toured Newark's Ironbound section during National Small Business Week
NJ Spotlight NewsEnvironmental advocates, neighbors say Ironbound section is already overburdened with pollution

Is this is the first big test of New Jersey's environmental justice law?
(NJ Spotlight News)Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission wants natural gas power plant as backup energy source
(Food & Water Watch)Environmentalists have said it's wrong to build another power plant in a neighborhood that already has three

The proposed NJ Transit Bus Riders’ Bill of Rights calls for equality in disadvantaged neighborhoods.

The city’s COVID-19 positivity rates dropped over the past week from 21% to 16.5%

Newark will lock down the way it did in spring. Mayor Baraka said that worked

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka cut the ribbon on Mulberry Commons Park, a $10 million public-private partnership 15 years in the making.

Beyond the rising rents, a lot of people said they fear that the tight-knit, largely immigrant community of the Ironbound will be gentrified by suitcases ...

Grewal declares a "new day" in environmental justice.

Residents push back on amendments to city’s master plan.

Congress failed to repeal or replace Obamacare. Can a small group of problem solvers accomplish what all Washington couldn’t? Has opioid addiction spread so far ...

Three months after the EPA announced the price tag for cleaning up a Superfund site in Newark, the company that bought polluter Diamond Alkali went ...

The Passaic River's poisoned. Could the guilty corporations be using federal bankruptcy laws to get out of paying for the cleanup? With anti-pollution regulations under ...