Innovation Fuels, a Newark producer of biodiesel, this month pumped 15,000 barrels of fuel into a barge and sent it off to New York Harbor making use of the Passaic River as a commercial waterway ...

The Passaic River was where they made Agent Orange for the Vietnam war, and then the dioxin was dumped, which ravaged the river. But now, a rebirth is underway, WCBS 880's Wayne Cabot reported ...

Past coverage: EPA targets Bergen, Passaic counties for Passaic River dioxin cleanup The plan announced Wednesday was the second-most-expensive under consideration, slightly cheaper than another ...

A Passaic River dredging project could require many openings of a ... The bridge would have to be opened about 10 times a day for four years to accommodate barges expected to carry one million ...

Once, he saw a floater. A crane barge, ... One chapter in "13 from the Swamp" recounts his crusade to put identifying signs — "PASSAIC RIVER" — on bank-side docks and trees.

T he Passaic River has been named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2025, with a national conservation group citing toxic industrial pollution along the river’s lower stretch as a ...

At roughly $1.8 billion, the Passaic River is estimated to be the costliest project currently facing the EPA’s Superfund program. That makes the settlement a small, but welcome, step forward.

Diamond Alkali, a chemical company in Newark, dumped Agent Orange and other chemicals into the Passaic River, creating a toxic mess that is now one of the nation’s largest Superfund sites. In ...

Helicopter team pulls off dramatic rescue of stranded NJ firefighters in Passaic River By Brian Price and Checkey Beckford • Published June 28, 2023 • Updated on June 29, 2023 at 10:14 am ...