(NJ Spotlight News)New Jersey used to have 125,000 acres of them, now it’s closer to 25,000
(NJ Spotlight News)New Jersey used to have 125,000 acres of them, now it’s closer to 25,000
(NJ Spotlight News)Adding sediment, creating ‘living shorelines,’ among suggested fixes

The plan involves floodgates and elevating thousands of homes

Several beaches were closed this week after medical waste washed ashore

"We have so much work to do," says acting DEP commissioner.

The PennEast project is on pause after a third circuit of appeals' decision regarding eminent domain. PennEast has now petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to ...

Algal blooms, or cyanobacteria, can be found in lakes throughout New Jersey.

Newark's mayor says test results from the last six months show the city's water has fallen to 14.1 parts per billion. The Environmental Protection Agency's ...

At a forum for 21 communities looking to upgrade combined sewer overflow systems, Correspondent Raven Santana found the prospect costly and contentious.

The second annual Jersey Shore Beach Report assessed the state's beach water quality nourishment programs.

New Jersey and New York City officials are arguing over how to divvy up water from the Delaware River Basin after an existing agreement expires ...

Roughly 8,000 New Jerseyans in the upper western corner of the state rely on Morris Lake for drinking water. The water is at the lowest ...

Bail reform may go down in flames even before it begins. Are the courts so broke they can't afford to follow the new law? The ...

Nine months later, acting Education Commissioner David Hespe's confirmation hearing. Turning the tables on stalkers. Making public information public. And writing computer code? It's elementary.

NJBIA President Michele Siekerka says that economic revitalization is happening slowly and steadily in New Jersey.

Meteorologist John Cifelli predicts some snowfall in New Jersey this Wednesday, which may affect Wednesday night commutes.

Suspected Ebola carriers forcibly quarantined. Their facilities and their rights. Do gestation crates on pig farms qualify as animal cruelty? Draining reservoirs to protect the ...

Residents within Passaic Valley area oppose the Passaic Valley Water Commission's plans for open-air reservoirs.

New Jersey lawmakers passed a bill that would ban fracking waste in the state but Gov. Chris Christie vetoed the bill.

Our state stands alone in rejecting a regional plan to cut greenhouse gases. Was it legal? Why are so many more New Jersey mothers Breast ...