Episode 6: Toxic Sites in a Tinderbox
The Pinelands, a million-acre swath of pine forest dominating South Jersey, is one of America’s most unique environments. The Pinelands have always been a place prone to catch fire and today, climate ...
10 Nov 202221min
The Sweaty Penguin: Breaking down the Inflation Reduction Act
We’re bringing you a special episode from our friends at “The Sweaty Penguin” podcast, which dives deep (with a bit of humor!) on all things climate change. In this episode, “The Sweaty Penguin” crew ...
19 Okt 202227min
Episode 5: Orange Fog and Creeping Saltwater
The National Lead company spent years in the 1970s recycling car batteries at a factory in rural South Jersey, haphazardly draining battery acid onto the ground. The pollution left dangerous heavy met...
5 Okt 202222min
BONUS Episode: Remembering Jim Florio
Former New Jersey Gov. Jim Florio, who wrote the Superfund law back in 1980, died this week at age 85. In this bonus episode, we reflect on Florio’s efforts to clean up New Jersey and America’s toxic ...
30 Sep 202222min
REWIND: Highlighting the Best of Hazard NJ (So Far)
Hazard NJ is returning with four new episodes this fall, to take fresh new looks about the relationship between the Garden State's most toxic Superfund sites and climate change. Get ready for the new ...
21 Sep 202232min
BONUS Episode: The Hackensack’s Comeback Moves Ahead
It’s official: The Hackensack River is New Jersey’s 115th Superfund site. EPA officials gathered with state and local leaders this week to announce the big news, which puts the polluted lower reaches ...
8 Sep 20223min
BONUS Episode: Funding Returns for the Superfund
The Superfund program was designed to be paid for by a tax on chemical and oil companies, but that tax expired years ago, and the program has been strapped for cash since. But that has changed in ...
16 Aug 20228min
Episode 4: A Comeback on the Hackensack
The mud lining the Hackensack River is a mysterious mixture known to contain mercury, cadmium, lead, PCBs and plenty more nasty substances. Now the river is on its way to becoming New Jersey’s 115th S...
6 Jul 202221min
