Authorities say a man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting the air quality in the New York City area.

A fast-moving wildfire engulfing part of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens has not resulted in any injuries though it’s expected to continue to grow before forecast rain later this week.

A decade after they were envisioned in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy’s destruction, two of the largest flood control projects designed to protect densely populated cities in New Jersey just outside New York City are getting underway.

Governments, organizations and businesses have set ambitious goals to combat climate change.

A Belgium-based chemical company will spend nearly $393 million under a settlement to clean up contamination from its so-called forever chemicals in New Jersey’s drinking water and soil and to compensate for the environmental damage they caused.

New Jersey officials are suing Ford Motor Co. because they say the automaker contaminated the ancestral homeland of a Native American tribe by dumping paint sludge and other pollutants into a former mine.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named a 19-mile stretch of the Hackensack River in northern New Jersey to its list of Superfund sites.

New Jersey officials will commission studies on the environmental impact of offshore wind energy projects.

Shawn LaTourette, the DEP's deputy commissioner and chief of staff, predicted the plan would be attacked from the left and the right. It relies on steadily phasing out fossil fuels, bringing more renewable energy sources like wind and solar online more quickly, and replacing older energy technology with new cleaner energy. Likewise, 90% of buildings would need to have their heating and cooling source switched to electric to meet the goals. Power plants would also need to be converted from coal, gas or oil to renewable energy sources, the report said. Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, praised parts of the report, including the call for all-electric vehicles.