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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...

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...

Robinson wants more meetings on Liberty State Park remediation plan

October 16, 2020 1:39 pmOctober 16, 2020 3:19 pm

A Jersey City councilman and an anti-violence coalition in the city raised concerns over the Department of Environmental Protection’s handling of Liberty State Park’s remediation Thursday. “I have serious concerns that the proposed plan appears to leave contamination in the...