Number of flooding days in mid-Atlantic region jumps 350% between 2000 and 2023

DEP pays $24.3 million for planting trees, restoring marshes, defending coastlines

The DEP has no timeline for reexamining the rules for public access beaches, but given the contentious history of the issue, it’s bound to be ...

After damaging coastal storms in September and January, beaches at the Jersey Shore will still be open for visitors Memorial Day weekend.

A secret database lets the government track you. A plan for offshore drilling down south raises hackles here. The Edgewater conflagration's in the courts. And ...

Oil drilling has been approved for 50 miles off the coast of Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia. Some worry if there is a ...

The DEP began hearings Wednesday regarding new rules that would give greater say to municipalities.

Strict regulations barring wind turbines from coastal waters encourage conservationists, alienate clean-energy advocates.

Conservationists and advocates see hopeful signs of political will in proposed legislation aimed at limiting threats to ecosystem.

Environmental study and senate bill could ease way for developers building wind-generation projects off NJ coast.

Can a newly revived League of Conservation Voters help heal the rifts in NJ's divided—and divisive—green community so it can speak with a single voice?

Acting DEP Commissioner Bob Martin told the Senate Judiciary Committee the agency is broken and needs to be fixed, but he backed off some of ...