Environment

A major component of the plan is the establishment of a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) standard, a pollution budget, for nutrients.

Barnegat Bay in Ocean County will get $20 million worth of protection as Gov. Chris Christie sends New Jersey grants to local and county governments.

State environmental officials have begun the process for developing regulations for new industry in Delaware's environmentally protected coastal zone.

A Pennsylvania environmental group is launching an ad campaign against two large industrial facilities near Pittsburgh.

More than one million cubic yards of sand will be pumped onto beaches in Bethany, South Bethany and Fenwick Island to repair damage caused by recent storms.

Two Pennsylvania families have settled a lawsuit against a major natural gas producer, ending an almost decade-long fight over alleged water contamination in Dimock.

Natural gas infrastructure has been the target of organized demonstrations since the Marcellus Shale boom began a decade ago.

Rob Powelson, a commissioner with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently appointed by Trump, defended FERC’s track record with interstate pipeline projects.

In a large warehouse in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, trucks and front-end loaders are building a mountain of trash. A quick gl ...

Hurricane Maria started out as a Category 2 storm as it barrelled across the Caribbean. But by the time Temple University theater profess ...

Our next governor has a tremendous opportunity to put New Jersey on track to meet its statewide greenhouse-gas limits and, in doing so, p ...

Wouldn't it be swell if our "leaders" of all-Republican rule devoted some of their precious time to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico?