New Jersey Appeals Court backs EELC over Highlands water discharge permit
Update: May 4, 2017 – EELC is pleased to have won a New Jersey appellate court ruling which held that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection should not have issued a permit for a proposed water treatment facility to discharge into a Highlands creek. The Court stated that NJDEP must respect the resource protection goals […]
DEP deals another blow to PennEast pipeline project
EELC is proud to have helped our clients’ continued fight to protect New Jersey’s exceptional resources. Read about the latest setback to the PennEast project here. New Jersey Conservation Foundation Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
EELC Addresses Health Issues From Bayonne Bridge Raising
The raising of the Bayonne Bridge is causing environmental health impacts in NJ and NY port communities. As a result from the $1.3 Billion bridge project by the Port Authority of NY & NJ, more diesel trucks will be driving through these neighborhoods causing more air pollution. Check out what EELC and its partners are […]
EELC Settles Air Pollution Appeal against Hess
The Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) and the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance (NJEJA), represented by EELC, settled an appeal opposing a Hess NEC, LLC (Hess) power plant air permit issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The Hess power plant will be located in the Ironbound section of Newark, NJ. ICC and […]
EELC and NRDC File Federal Lawsuit on Behalf of Coalition for Healthy Ports Against the Raising of the Bayonne Bridge
Citing repeated failures to assess evidence about the enormous hazards to public health of the plan to raise the Bayonne Bridge—elevated levels of heart disease, lung cancer and asthma in New Jersey and exposure to arsenic, lead, asbestos and PCBs in Staten Island–a coalition of organizations representing communities in Newark and Staten Island surrounding the […]
The Washington Post Addresses Newark Residents’ Concerns Regarding the Bayonne Bridge Expansion Project
Read the article below or click here to view it on The Washington Post website. By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post, Nay 5, 2013 The big trucks roar out of Port Newark like a beastly herd, snorting, grinding gears and belching exhaust as they rush through the predominantly black South Ward neighborhood. “In one hour, […]
