Environmentalists applaud court ruling upholding disputed regulations

Environmentalists applaud court ruling upholding disputed regulations

The court's ruling upholds regulations implementing a landmark New Jersey environmental law that can bar construction based on pollution. (Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor)Environmentalists are cheering after a New Jersey appellate court upheld controversial new state environmental regulations and rejected a challenge from scrap recyclers and a labor union that alleged regulators had acted arbitrarily and exceeded their statutory autho…