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Last Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at the Franklin D. Roosevelt School in Kearny, NJ, Shawn M. LaTourette, the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environment Protection (DEP), passionately pitched the Greenway Project as a transformative opportunity for the residents of Kearny. The project, s...
In a significant victory for environmental justice, New Jersey Transit has abandoned its plans to construct a gas-burning power plant in South Kearny, New Jersey. This decision marks a crucial win for the residents of Kearny, Harrison, and East Newark, collectively known as the West Hudson community...
Three years ago today, on June 12, 2019, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an Order to uphold the closure of the Keegan Landfill in Kearny NJ. The unanimous decision by the seven justices reversed a two-Judge Appellate Panel decision that overturned Hudson County Chancery Judge Jeffrey Jablonski's...
Three years ago on Saturday, April 27, 2019, a group of residents and elected officials organized a Protest march to the Keegan Landfill down Bergen Avenue in Kearny.Ā The goal of the protest march was to bring attention to the need to close and cap the landfill. Ā Three years ago, the closing and ca...
