Remediation efforts center upon the 17-mile stretch of the Passaic that flows from Dundee Dam to Newark Bay

Community activists have long fought the PVSC proposal

Officials say the fire is under control but could burn for days

Fierce opposition remains to widening of 8-mile section

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 ...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is sending dollars from pollution settlements back into the community to build up the waterfront around the Lower ...

A holiday rush to pass measures on salary hikes and outside income for the state's top tier. Could one of them torpedo your newspaper? A ...

To clean up a Superfund site along the Passaic River, the EPA secured a $165 million settlement with Occidental Chemical. The agency believes that will ...

Prepare to kiss cheap Jersey gas goodbye. Lawmakers vote to raise the gas tax to pay for road and bridge repairs. Tough talk to dissolve ...

Top Senate Democrats toured the Port Newark Harbor, emphasizing their plan to renew the Transportation Trust Fund.

The battle over gun rights in the Garden State and who should be allowed to carry and why. See how Donald Trump's pledge to ban ...

The PATH extension project could be put on hold in exchange for the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Some lawmakers say the bus terminal impacts more ...

A diminishing chance to expand the PATH. With Port Authority money flooding into New York for a new Trade Center Transit hub and a much ...

Stocks have tanked and the global slide could end a sustained six-year-long market rally. Expect to have your bag checked at the movies. Increasing gun ...

When heavy rains occur, excess water combines with waste and flows into our waterways.

Hurricane Sandy damaged the PVSC plant in Newark, which requires repairs. But those repairs can't be complete because there are no commissioners to approve borrowing ...

Damage from Hurricane Sandy caused heavy damage at the Passaic Valley Sewage Commission's Newark treatment facility.

A 750-foot stretch of the Passaic River in Newark is less toxic than it was a year ago thanks to dioxin being removed.