nj.com on PennEast’s attempt to fast track PennEast
3 years in, PennEast ask feds to ‘promptly’ approve the pipeline, Kevin O’Shea, nj.com, August 12, 2017. From article, “Both the letter and its timing with FERC now having a quorum drew swift rebuke from opponents. ‘PennEast asking for an accelerated approval is outrageous and shameful,’ said Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra […]
NJ Spotlight article on Penn East pipeline
The Eastern Environmental Law Center is lead legal council for the pipeline coalition which opposes the multiple unneeded pipelines that are planned to cross New Jersey and the Delaware River. EELC was instrumental in getting the DEP to require that the Penn East pipeline developer’s application be complete. PENNEAST WANTS FAST-TRACK APPROVAL FROM FERC […]
EELC requests FERC hold evidentiary hearing on PennEast project
On Friday, in response to PennEast’s request for FERC to expedite project review, EELC renewed its own request to FERC for a hearing on the proposed Project. EELC represents New Jersey Conservation Foundation and Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, who oppose the controversial PennEast Pipeline because it has not demonstrated any public benefits. Many others agree – including the […]
Yahoo News: Does New Jersey need the PennEast pipeline?
EELC is representing New Jersey Conservation Foundation and Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association to oppose the PennEast pipeline. Many legal hurdles to the pipeline remain even though FERC is now likely to approve the project. As Tom Gilbert explains in this Yahoo News article: “There’s a lot of compelling evidence from credible sources that there’s no need for [PennEast],” Gilbert said. “It’s one thing […]
EELC hosts environmental justice strategy meeting
The North East Environmental Justice Attorney Group met on Tuesday, June 26, to discuss critical civil rights and environmental issues facing poor and minority communities, including climate change, cumulative polluting impacts, American Indian rights, and how to increase the diversity of environmental bar. These issues, in the view of many during the meeting, were […]
EELC helps broker agreement between Bergen SWAN and Suez Water Company
Last month, EELC helped Bergen SWAN negotiate two agreements with the Suez Water Company, which protect the environment and protect the quality of the Oradell Reservoir’s drinking water supply. The first agreement involves Suez’s proposed sale of its former headquarters property in Harrington Park. Both the north and south sides of the property border the […]
EELC’s Amicus Curiae motion granted in Meer Tract case
On May 17th, Judge Caposela in Passaic County Superior Court granted EELC’s motion to allow the New Jersey Highlands Coalition to participate as Amicus Curiae, in a case involving the Meer Tract. The Meer Tract is located at Federal Hill, an historically and environmentally important 180-acre property preserved as open space in the Highlands Region, […]
Bipartisan officials cite need for FERC reform, call on NJDEP to reject PennEast Pipeline
EELC and its clients New Jersey Conservation Foundation and Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association support Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman in calling upon NJDEP to reject PennEast’s application for state permits. Read more here.
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 […]
Senior Staff Attorney Jennifer Danis testifies before Congress
EELC’s Jennifer Danis testified before Congress that proposed federal legislation fast-tracking natural gas pipeline approvals would jeopardize health and safety. Danis was on Capitol Hill representing clients New Jersey Conservation Foundation and Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association. Read the press release and Danis’ complete testimony here.
Highlands Coalition Director invites you to breakfast with EELC on April 19th
I’d love to share with you some good food, good talk, and good work by our friends at the Eastern Environmental Law Center at my home in mid-April. I’ll be cooking eggs collected from our own chickens (you can visit them and guess who laid your breakfast egg!) and enjoying the early spring flowers, […]
Will New Jersey Finally Accept the Smart Grid?
New Jersey is a state of many “firsts”: the first boardwalk, first copper mine, and first drive-in movie theater. Ironically, our state is the birthplace of modern electricity, but as one of only eighteen states without advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), we are lagging far behind in new utility technology. EELC is collaborating with the Environmental […]
