EELC Joins Coalition Calling on NJDEP to Deny New Waste Permit
From New Jersey Urban News Jersey City residents push back on third West Side waste facility Concerned residents can voice their concerns at an April 28 Jersey City Hall hearing By David Mosca April 27, 2026 Van Keuren Avenue in Jersey City. Credit: Suhas Vittal/Sustainable Jersey City With a third waste facility proposed for a neighborhood […]
Defending an Overburdened Community: EELC and Jersey City Residents Fight Van Keuren Proposal
Reprinted from Tishman Center On Tuesday evening, April 28, the Tishman Center stood with Jersey City, NJ residents demanding the full enforcement of the state’s Environmental Justice Law. Some 100 people were gathered in person and 100 online at a hearing hosted by Van Keuren LLC to comment on its proposal to construct a new […]
CBS News: U.S. interior secretary calls on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to do more to lower energy costs
By Marcia Kramer April 14, 2026 / 5:55 PM EDT / CBS New York Four high-level members of the Trump administration descended on Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field on Tuesday for groundbreaking on a controversial natural gas pipeline that they say will dramatically reduce energy costs for millions of New Yorkers. CBS News New York political […]
Spring Legal Update
Friends, As we transition into spring, here are a few highlights of the projects currently on our docket. Environmental Justice In an exciting win, a New Jersey appeals court upheld New Jersey’s landmark Environmental Justice Rules. EELC Environmental Justice Staff Attorney Maggie Broughton argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Progressive Equitable Energy […]
EELC Challenges New Jersey’s Approval of NESE Pipeline in Court
TRENTON, NJ – Today EELC filed suit on behalf of a coalition of nonprofits against the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for unjustifiably approving the water quality certification for the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline, after rejecting the project in 2019 and 2020 for violating state water quality standards. The proposed 23-mile segment […]
Pipeline fight heats up: EELC, Earthjustice and NRDC sue FERC over Transco interstate gas pipeline project
FERC’s unlawful resurrection of Transco’s zombie gas pipeline threatens communities Alexandria Trimble, Earthjustice, atrimble@earthjustice.org Emily Deanne, NRDC, edeanne@nrdc.org New York, NY —A coalition of nonprofits, homeowners, and conservationists sued the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today for resurrecting Transco’s previously abandoned and vacated gas pipeline project spanning New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Plaintiffs challenge FERC’s rushed reissuance of Transco’s […]
New: EELC files lawsuit against EMR Recycling and NJDEP on behalf of the Center for Environmental Transformation, Camden
EELC, on behalf of the Center for Environmental Transformation (CFET), has filed a lawsuit against both EMR Advanced Recycling, LLC, and the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for failing to protect Camden residents affected by multiple fires at its facilities. EMR owns and operates a series of scrap metal facilities along the South Camden […]
PROTEST AND MOTION TO INTERVENE BY CENTRAL JERSEY SAFE ENERGY COALITION, FOOD & WATER WATCH, NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND, NY/NJ BAYKEEPER, PRINCETON MANOR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, SIERRA CLUB, AND SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
Read the court filing here.
Spring 2025 Legal Update
Greetings from Eastern Environmental Law Center We hope this newsletter finds you safe, healthy and enjoying spring. Here’s an update on our recent and ongoing work: Resisting an Unprecedented Assault on Environmental Protection “The most disastrous day in EPA history.” That is how former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy described March 12, 2025, […]
Job Opening: PT Development Manager
Job Summary: EELC is seeking a part-time Development Manager who will be responsible for implementing, adapting and ideating strategies to expand EELC’s advancement program. This person will work closely with the Executive Director and Board to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward donations with an emphasis on growing the cadre of individual donors and support foundation […]
Bridge Point Developers Withdraw Appeal to the Supreme Court
Reprinted from The West Windsor Voice: On Dec 27, 2024 the Appellate Division of the Superior Court published their decision to vacate the Flood Hazard Area Verification and Flood Hazard Area Individual Permit issued to Bridge Point 8 (BP) on Dec 1, 2022. (DOCKET NO. A-1639-22). That means, the permit is no longer valid and […]
2024 in Review
December 2024 Dear Supporters, What an extraordinary year this has been — for everyone. First, the Board and our dedicated staff would like to extend our warmest wishes to you and your loved ones for a joyful holiday season. We all know that great changes are underway on the political front. With new leadership in […]