Fall Legal Update
Friends, From environmental justice and clean water to protecting open spaces, EELC is actively engaged in some of New Jersey’s most consequential environmental battles. Here’s where things stand: From NJDEPSome New Jersey communities live with far more pollution than others, and that’s no accident. Our state’s landmark Environmental Justice Law was written to change […]
Coalition Hails Third Circuit Decision Overturning NESE Pipeline Approvals, Calls on Governor Sherrill to Permanently Kill Unnecessary Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPT. 8, 2026 Contact: Anthony Campisi Anthony@WalnutLaneStrategies.com (732) 266-8221 Coalition Hails Third Circuit Decision Overturning NESE Pipeline Approvals, Calls on Governor Sherrill to Permanently Kill Unnecessary Project The federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals today dealt a major victory for the environment by striking down state water quality permits that are required […]
New Jersey Appellate Court Upholds Important Water Protections in the Pinelands
On July 15, 2026, the New Jersey Appellate Division upheld important amendments to the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan that protect the critical Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer from harmful water diversions. In the case, In Re Challenge of Clayton Sand Company to December 4, 2023 Amendments to N.J.A.C. 7:50-1.1 et seq., No. A-1476-23, a sand mining company sued […]
EELC Files Lawsuit Challenging NJDEP’s Decision to Allow Tidelands to be Used for NESE Fossil Fuel Project
Trenton, NJ – Today a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division appealing the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) approval of a utility license to the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company – owned by Williams – for the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project (NESE), a $1 billion project that […]
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 […]
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 […]