exclusive for @njdotcom, I obtained audio of a @camdencountynj official saying Friday’s huge EMR fire could have led to flooding of half-a-million homes with raw sewage or caused a spill into #NewJersey waterways. It could have easily “made national news.”

@MikieSherrill “There’s a difference between having a concern and demonstrating a fact that proves that concern to be true,” @NewJerseyDEP Commissioner @shawnlatur told me on the NESE pipeline. The feds reviewing/approving the project limits NJ. But that won’t stop nonprofit legal challenges!

The Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline “does nothing” to lower electric bills for New Jersey residents, @MikieSherrill contends. After freezing utility rates on Day 1, the Gov-elect has promised to drive new power into the grid including solar, battery storage and nuclear.

new for @njdotcom, I spoke with @MicahJRasmussen of @RiderUniversity, nonprofits and others about a heated proposal to build a gas pipeline under part of #NewJersey and NY. It comes after an election in which affordability and utility rates dominated. https://t.co/iJrnxSJDB0

Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the ‘working man’

Loved this piece by @stevenrodasnj and with terrific photos by @AndyMills_NJ. Great storytelling with an only-in-Jersey hook. https://t.co/BixdwGKSzx

@johnsb01 and I took a look at Black and Latino voters for New Jersey's tight race for governor. Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli both have opportunities — and issues — to pick up these voters: https://t.co/r4IYapaB2o

@NewJerseyDEP The history of the shacks is bountiful. As many as 100 (or more!) cottages are believed to have dotted the island park at one point. “We’re just hoping the good Lord fixes everything and we can stay,” said 87-year-old Howard Height, who has gone to the shacks his entire life.

The @NewJerseyDEP worries the cottages are a “public safety concern” because of rising sea levels and climate change. “The land will be restored to its natural state,” a spokesperson said. NJ officials also cited a new sanitary sewer line installed the shacks are not a part of.

mini-exclusive for @njdotcom, New Jersey is kicking a group of families out of the historic Island Beach State Park fishing shacks. Leave or possibly face eviction after Friday, despite an initial lease agreement. With great photos from @AndyMills_NJ https://t.co/3NXETQ9DfR

I finished every conversation I had with Todderick in a better mood than when we started. He did a great job covering Rutgers football recruiting, but his big laugh and constant smile will be what I remember most about him. May he rest in peace.

@USDOT @NJGov @USTreasury @pjminterconnect @CommerceGov @Princeton @NOAA @EPA @GovMurphy @fema @urbaninstitute @NJSeaGrant @brigantineseals @ENERGY @JoeBiden @USACEHQ @Congressman_JVD @NJGO End of🧵This could be longer but ending it there while tracking several things not yet set in stone! 18/18

@USDOT @NJGov @USTreasury @pjminterconnect @CommerceGov @Princeton @NOAA @EPA @GovMurphy @fema @urbaninstitute @NJSeaGrant @brigantineseals @ENERGY @JoeBiden @USACEHQ .@Congressman_JVD says he’s working with local mayors to ensure shore towns are protected (but no doubt @njgo often tops the list of places to pour sand on shores amid stronger and more frequent storms and “nuisance erosion” which hits New Jersey pretty much every winter now) 17/

@USDOT @NJGov @USTreasury @pjminterconnect @CommerceGov @Princeton @NOAA @EPA @GovMurphy @fema @urbaninstitute @NJSeaGrant @brigantineseals @ENERGY @JoeBiden Recently, the @USACEHQ also said sand replenishment projects in Avalon, Stone Harbor and a section of Ocean City, part of a multi-year effort, have lost their federal funding. A critical q: What will the next federal budget look like for beachfills at the #JerseyShore? 16/

@USDOT @NJGov @USTreasury @pjminterconnect @CommerceGov @Princeton @NOAA @EPA @GovMurphy @fema @urbaninstitute @NJSeaGrant @brigantineseals Last week, the @ENERGY withdrew a $716 million conditional loan that was initially offered under @JoeBiden in order to help Jersey Central Power & Light connect offshore wind development to the regional grid 15/

@USDOT @NJGov @USTreasury @pjminterconnect @CommerceGov @Princeton @NOAA @EPA @GovMurphy @fema @urbaninstitute While some are considered “smaller,” proposed cuts to grants/funds for @NOAA and @EPA have put in peril the future of everything from @NJSeaGrant's college program to the size of Hackensack Riverkeeper's annual cleanups to the extent of @brigantineseals’ work at the shore 14/

@USDOT @NJGov @USTreasury @pjminterconnect @CommerceGov @Princeton @NOAA @EPA @GovMurphy @fema The @urbaninstitute says for New Jersey this translates to $130 million in BRIC funds in jeopardy. Flood Mitigation Assistance is harder to square but — data shows — NJ was in the top 3 of states to receive these funds from 2020-2024: 59 projects for around $121 million 13/

@USDOT @NJGov @USTreasury @pjminterconnect @CommerceGov @Princeton @NOAA @EPA @GovMurphy .@fema in the spring announced the cancellation of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program and removed the Flood Mitigation Assistance funding for 2025. Those are the 2 largest federal pre-disaster hazard mitigation programs 12/

@USDOT @NJGov @USTreasury @pjminterconnect @CommerceGov @Princeton @NOAA @EPA @GovMurphy The President took away the $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles. It’ll sunset 9/30. Also after a freeze amid a legal battle, the feds reopened the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, meaning more than $104M meant for EV chargers in NJ will indeed be coming 11/

@USDOT @NJGov @USTreasury @pjminterconnect @CommerceGov @Princeton @NOAA The @EPA terminated its $7 billion “Solar for All” program created to provide renewable and affordable energy to low-income families. In April 2024, @GovMurphy said NJ’s Solar for All award was expected to help 22,000 homes within the first 5 years of funding 10/

@USDOT @NJGov @USTreasury @pjminterconnect The @CommerceGov said it would end about $4 million in funds for climate change research at @Princeton. Loss of @NOAA money means impacts to things like the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory — where scientists study forecasting and prepare for extreme weather 9/