Environment

A giant disk of river ice has proved too much for a Jersey Shore attention-seeker who tried to carve a peace sign on it.

How public mistrust in GMOs destroyed one scientist's dream of helping farmers in developing countries produce sturdier, higher-yield crops.

Activists want a new panel to regulate the chemicals in the absence of federal standards.

Today, we'll talk about how an increasing number of Americans are worried about climate change, as well as a couple of small changes being proposed to stem it.

The company maintains new filings with state demonstrate the case for up to $300 million in annual aid for three years, but most financial information has been redacted.

Add up solar installations — deployed and in the pipeline — and New Jersey has reached the point which current subsidies expire — before a new program has been put in place.

Murphy addresses concerns of leading environmentalists who had wanted Christie-era holdovers to be replaced.

Pennvest will invest $7.9 million into the mid-Atlantic hatchery.

New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection has taken a step toward cleaning up water contamination from an unregulated class of perfluorinated chemicals known as PFAs

A new sinkhole appeared late Sunday at a Sunoco pipeline site in Chester Co. where several earlier sinkholes led officials to halt construction because of safety concerns.

Officials want answers on Allegheny County’s response to pollution at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works after a Christmas Eve fire damaged air pollution controls at the plant.

More kids in Clairton have reported problems with their breathing after a fire damaged pollution controls at a U.S. Steel plant there in December.

Complaint one of many district attorney has heard regarding bullying or harassment of residents by pipeline workers during the troubled cross-state project.

The law, which went into effect Wednesday, permits a designated smoking area of 15 percent at beaches. Smoking is still permitted in parking lots.

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the Maryland coast Tuesday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey.