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Hackensack Riverkeeper unveils new home three years after destructive fire
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor the past three years, the Hackensack Riverkeeper's staff members shifted to virtual meetings and...
Hackensack River added to list of NJ Superfund sites, triggering a miles-long cleanup
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor decades an untold accumulation of industrial chemicals — from cancer-causing PCBs to poisonous...
Army Corps picks $52B floodgate plan to protect Meadowlands from Sandy-like storm surges
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA floodgate longer than five football fields would span the Hackensack River to prevent a tidal...
Bergen County opens long-awaited kayak center on Hackensack River in Oradell
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoORADELL — It's been two years in the making and had to survive two major floods, but the Paddle...
$52B plan to reduce Meadowlands and NYC flooding addresses just storm surge, critics say
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA coalition of environmental experts and elected officials have joined forces to demand a more...
One of worst Superfund sites no longer polluting Meadowlands creek, EPA says
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPollution levels are low enough at one of North Jersey's largest and oldest Superfund sites that...
East Rutherford Superfund site cleanup to end, EPA will continue to monitor
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGroundwater cleanup activities at the Universal Oil Products site in East Rutherford will end, said...
A decade after Sandy, devastated Meadowlands towns still adding defenses, still vulnerable
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJoy Ortiz remembers looking out the window of her Little Ferry home a decade ago at some light rain...
Bill Clinton visits North Jersey to stump for Josh Gottheimer, his former speechwriter
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPARAMUS — Taking no chances, Josh Gottheimer got an assist from former President Bill Clinton at a...
EPA lands $150M for Passaic River cleanup, fraction of $1.4B cost. So who pays the rest?
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDozens of companies that have polluted the Passaic River agreed last week to pay $150 million toward...