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Reports on New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey's opposition to the New York City government's plan to redevelop the far West Side of Manhattan and build a stadium for the New York Jets. Claim that untreated sewage from the projects would wash up on New Jersey's shoreline during rainstorms; Environmental review of the project; Plan of New Jersey officials Richard J. Codey and George Zoffinger to open talks with the New York Mets about building a baseball stadium in the Meadowlands.

Reports on the New Jersey Supreme Court's ruling that the State Department of Environmental Protection overstepped its bounds in curtailing residential construction near freshwater wetlands. Developers' legal battle against environmentalists; Overturning of departmental regulations prohibiting home building within 20 feet of wetlands and wetlands buffer zones.

Reports on nuisance bears in New Jersey. Recommendation that the state's Fish and Game Council schedule a bear hunt for December; Estimate of how many bears are in New Jersey; Comment of Martin J. McHugh of the Division of Fish and Wildlife; Why the bear hunt will activate animal welfare groups; The role of Bradley M. Campbell, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, in making the decision; Indication that hunting groups filed a lawsuit against the state last year.

Reports that a New Jersey environmental law mandating the cleanup of industrially polluted land before it can be sold has salvaged many sites, but critics say it has also stifled industrial rebirth. Pros and cons of the law presented.

''TOTAL build-out'' sounds as if it could be the title of a science fiction film. In fact it is a forecast of reality for New Jersey, which according to a new report is down to its last million acres of developable land, and may run out by midcentury. The report issued this month, by geospatial analysts at Rowan and Rutgers Universities, concludes that the state had its ''two most sprawling decades in history'' between 1986 and 2007, when the housing boom abruptly halted. Called ''Changing Landscapes in the Garden State,'' it analyzes data from fly-over photos taken periodically by the state Department of Environmental Protection -- the most recent batch dating to three years ago. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on the financial implications involved in the construction project of the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey along with a note on the voters' approval for the project. As stated, voters' approval for the $450 million bond plan to pay for scientists and the research work is needed during the State Legislature elections on November 6, 2007. Another ballot proposal of $200 million is for the preservation of open spaces.

The article focuses on the examination of the environmental cleanup work in New Jersey. Lisa P. Jackson, New Jersey's commissioner of environmental protection's plan is to overhaul the department's $60 million cleanup program, which is responsible for monitoring of more than 16,000 contaminated sites.

Reports on the search for new monitors to measure radiation near the Oyster Creek nuclear plant by New Jersey officials.

Discusses New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey's signing of an environmental bill to save New Jersey's Highlands region, which turned out to be anti-climactic do to his backing of a bill favoring developers. Contrast with past success in the signing of a tax bill for wealthy residents; Past disappointments, such as the pay-to-play reform that fell short of McGreevey's promise; Comments of support from the director of New Jersey Citizen Action, Staci Berger.

Reports that Governor James E. McGreevey of New Jersey won approval of a bill to protect much of the state's drinking water by limiting development in the northwest region known as the Highlands. Effect of the bill's approval on suburban development; Speculation about economic development in New Jersey as the result of the initiative; Denouncement of the plan by many environmentalists; Quotes from Edward Lloyd, the director of the Environmental Law Clinic at Columbia Law School, regarding the environmental impact of the initiative.

Reports on the delay of a legislative bill promoted by New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey which aims to protect almost a million acres of natural resources in the northwestern part of the state.

Reports on the cleanup of Kerry industrial site contaminated with hazardous materials in New Jersey. Plan of the Department of Environmental Protection commissioner Bradley M. Campbell to suspend the criticized arrangement with private developers; Listing of the site on a federal Superfund; Assessment of the environmental policy.

Reports on the proposal of modest plans to build on recent economic gains and environmental protections by New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey; Fiscal strain of the past three years; His address to a new Legislature that is controlled by Democrats for the first time since 1991; Details of his proposals; Urge for assessments of developers; Excerpts from his speech; Criticism of Republicans; Concerns about rising property taxes.

Announces that the New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection is preparing to permit limited lawn watering in southern counties where it had been banned.

Reports that New Jersey environmentalist groups Sierra Club and the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility have rejected Governor Christie Whitman's emissions-credit trading program on February 14, 2001.

Reports that New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman asked federal officials to let the state relax its car emission standards while Parsons Infrastructure Group, the company running the tests, tries to reduce long waits for drivers. Caution of advocates for environmental and health groups; Measures being considered by the state; Complaints after the testing began.

Discusses New Jersey's new image as a state that is carrying out one of the nation's toughest environmental laws. As the ingenuity of environmental offenders has increased, so has the determination of state agencies to see that the Garden State does not regain its grim reputation as the Garbage State of a decade ago. Examples of how they are cracking down.

Discusses the fate of environmental regulations under Christine Todd Whitman following the battle over the Pinelands Commission in New Jersey. Debate over the regulations of the Pinelands Commission; Role of Whitman in the dispute; Criticisms by environmentalists against Whitman.

Tells how a posse of environmental protection deputies are hunting illegal dumpers in Bergen, N.J., a city that is ideally situated for illegal dumping.

Reports that New Jersey Governor Jim Florio will have a tough time living up to his environmental campaign promises, due to heavy lobbying by business and industry, budget, and regulations.

Discusses mitigation, the process of creating new wetlands for the right to fill old ones for development. The Hartz Mountain Industries project; Misgivings among environmental groups.

Discusses a situation in New Jersey which has raised questions about the state's guardianship of public property. Allamuchy Mountain State Park is being exchanged for nearby land owned by the developer in the Morris County hills 44 miles west of New York City. The deal will prevent the BASF Corporation, the West German chemical manufacturer, from moving its North American headquarters out of New Jersey.

Reports that this fall the State Department of Environmental Protection designated 3,800 acres of stunted trees in the west pine plains there, about 40 miles east of Camden, New Jersey's 42d Natural Area. That means the land where the rare trees grow must remain forever wild.

Relates that environmental activists are criticizing New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman for her policies on the environment. Their view that she is favoring business too much, and weakening the state's tough environmental-protection measures; The economic stakes involved, in Whitman's efforts to be more business-friendly.