Archive for April 2026

By Alison Mitchell, Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Photo: Aerial photo of damaged homes along New Jersey shore after Hurricane Sandy (c) Greg Thompson/USFWS New Jersey’s Resilient Environment and Landscapes (REAL) rules protect our natural ecosystems and human societies. But confusion and misinformation have spread about the new standards, fueling calls to roll back…

By Alison Mitchell, Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Some chemicals are forever. The presence of PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – in the environment first sparked concern in New Jersey when they were detected in our state’s waters two decades ago. They have now been detected in hundreds of water systems statewide. PFAS…