Future of controversial $1B PennEast pipeline taken up by U.S. Supreme Court
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
A sign June 29, 2016, on Hewitt Road in Hunterdon County show opposition to the proposed PennEast Pipeline.TT TT Michael Mancuso
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The nation’s highest court will decide the future of a controversial $1 billion pipeline planned in New Jersey, and set a precedent for pipeline construction across the country.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Wednesday that it would hear the appeal of the PennEast Pipeline Company, which plans to build a 120-mile natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region, across the Delaware River and into Hunterdon and Mercer counties.
Monday, February 1, 2021
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey trial and appellate courts issued several key environmental law decisions in 2020. Recently, my colleagues, Martha Donovan and Margaret Raymond-Flood, and I have had the opportunity to present a seminar, entitled “Navigating the Recent Developments in Environmental Law and Coverage Affecting NJ Practitioners,” for the New Jersey State Bar Association, where my task was to review Appellate and Law Division decisions affecting New Jersey environmental attorneys. For those who did not have a chance to participate in our presentation, a review of the top four environmental law decisions issued by New Jersey state courts in 2020 follows:
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Black History Month
February is Black History Month, and DEC joins the rest of the nation in paying tribute to African American men and women whose significant contributions are woven into the fabric of America s culture. Below DEC is bringing attention to some of the most prolific environmental game changers of yesterday and today.
Paying Tribute to a Legacy
Members of the Civilian Conservation Corps
Unit 1251 C II in the 1930s.
In 1933, to combat the turmoil from the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and enlisted thousands of men and women to undertake public works projects and battle significant environmental issues. To address the impact of poor farming practices, deforestation, and destructive pests that destroyed thousands of acres of usable land across the nation, the CCC worked to reforest an estimated one million acres of land to help solve these crises.
N.J.’s horseshoe crabs are vital to vaccine rollout. A battle for their survival rages on.
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Jan 31, 2021
Four male horseshoe crabs mate with a female, who is buried mostly in the sand, at the Sunray Beach Preserve in the Del Haven section of Middle Township, N.J., Monday, June 11, 2018. (Lori M. Nichols | For NJ.com)Lori M. Nichols | For NJ.com
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They’re horseshoe crabs and now they’re more important than ever.
The animals are critical to the work of pharmaceutical companies, especially during this pivotal mass distribution of the coronavirus vaccine. The crabs’ milky blue blood has been used for decades to detect harmful pathogens in medicines, allowing drugmakers to ensure their products are pure before being shipped out and injected into human arms.