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LaTourette sworn in

June 14, 2021 4:31 pm

Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn LaTourette was sworn in Monday. “I am deeply grateful for Governor Murphy’s environmental leadership and honored by his confidence, and that of the New Jersey Senate,” he said. “To lead the Department of Environmental...

Murphy will nominate LaTourette to head DEP

April 14, 2021 12:11 pmApril 14, 2021 1:52 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette to permanently head the Department of Environmental Protection, the New Jersey Globe has learned. LaTourette, a longtime environmental law attorney whom Murphy appointed to lead the department following former Environmental Commissioner...

Murphy takes months to pick three permanent cabinet replacements, State Police superintendent waiting three years for Senate confirmation

March 24, 2021 7:14 pm

With roughly nine months remaining in his first term, Gov. Phil Murphy has made no move to nominate permanent commissioners to three key cabinet posts, leaving acting commissioners in some of the most prominent positions in state government with no...

LaTourette will serve as acting DEP commissioner as Murphy search continues

January 13, 2021 2:50 pmJanuary 13, 2021 7:12 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy named Shawn LaTourette as the acting Commissioner of Environmental Protection but said that a permanent replacement for Catherine McCabe has not yet been identified. McCabe, a former a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency acting administrator who moved to...

LaTourette may be early front runner for Environmental Protection cabinet post

December 1, 2020 12:25 pmDecember 2, 2020 8:59 am

Under the careful watch of environmental activists and diversity advocates in an election year, Gov. Phil Murphy will now consider candidates to replace Catherine McCabe as the next New Jersey Commissioner of Environmental Protection. Murphy announced this morning that McCabe...

NJ sues Trump administration over reduced fuel efficiency penalties

August 2, 2019 2:43 pmAugust 5, 2019 11:08 am

State Attorney general Gurbir Grewal announced a lawsuit against the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over the agency’s recently-approved 60% cut of penalties for violations of fuel-efficiency standards. “Fuel efficiency standards are the heart of our country’s efforts to improve...