NJ Panel Tosses Bid To Gut DEP Environmental Justice Rules

By Carla Baranauckas ( January 5, 2026, 6:02 PM EST) -- A New Jersey appellate panel on Monday affirmed the state's sweeping environmental justice rules, rejecting consolidated challenges from industry and labor groups that argued the Department of Environmental Protection overstepped its statutory authority, relied on vague and overbroad definitions, and imposed arbitrary permitting burdens on facilities in heavily polluted communities....

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