A bill that would ban the transport and treatment of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in New Jersey was released by the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee earlier today.

Chris Christie's nomination of Robert M. Hanna to succeed Lee Solomon as president of the Board of Public Utilities came as no surprise to a former co-worker of Hanna's while he was handling white-collar criminal cases at Gibbons P.C., in Newark.
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Speculation that pension rules prompted Lee Solomon to step down as president of the Board of Public Utilities appears to have credibility, according to an NJBIZ review of judicial retirement guidelines.

Nearly 2,000 users are following a Twitter account operated by Jersey Central Power & Light as the utility has stepped up efforts to keep customers informed while they are waiting for their power to be restored.

Hotels in parts of the state struck by long-term power outages over the past week are beginning to see business return to normal.

New Jersey is poised to see a huge reduction of harmful air pollutants from a coal-fired Pennsylvania power plant, thanks to the federal Environmental Protection Agency's approval of New Jersey's Clean Air Act petition.

The Newark Housing Authority will sign a contract Monday with Constellation Energy that will guarantee $78 million in savings over the course of the next 15 years.