Steven Rodas
@stevenrodas
Southern California reporter @insideclimatenews.org. Former NJ.com/ The Star Ledger. Syracuse University alum. Tips: steven.rodas@insideclimatenews.org. Bilingual: English | Spanish
The latest in the investigation I launched in Keyport, #NewJersey, earlier this spring. from: @karinpricemueller.bsky.social www.nj.com/news/2026/08...
Feared N.J. cancer cluster update: Town slams state after bombshell report (via @starledger.bsky.social, with @karinpricemueller.bsky.social) www.nj.com/monmouth/2026/04/feared-nj-cancer-cluster-update-town-slams-state-after-bombshell-report.html
How story would have looked like in the @starledger.bsky.social if we still had the physical paper 🥲
Congressman @pallone.house.gov is demanding an urgent state and federal investigation following my Keyport coverage (wt @karinpricemueller.bsky.social) pallone.house.gov/media/press-releases/pallone-demands-urgent-state-federal-probe-suspected-cancer-cluster-near-toxic
Sherrill vowed she’d be different than Murphy on energy. Then why ‘raid’ this fund again? @susanklivio.bsky.social, @tedsherman.bsky.social, Brent Johnson, Jelani Gibson and Brianna Kudisch have more at nj .com/politics 2/3 www.nj.com/mercer/2026/...
scoop for @starledger.bsky.social, 2 major groups that rep businesses and builders in #NewJersey — NJ Business & Industry Association and NJ Builders Association — are legally challenging new rule over how people can build at Jersey Shore amid sea level rise projections www.nj.com/ocean/2026/0...
new for @starledger.bsky.social, I wrote 2,000 words about #NewJersey’s new rule which will require homes built in flood-risk areas to be 4 feet above the standard set by FEMA. #JerseyShore builders and realtors are worried, environmentalists are happy but cautious. www.nj.com/ocean/2026/0...
About 30 hrs into my stay, Camden Fire Department Rescue Co. 1 Captain Ed Frontado revealed something additionally heartbreaking about the untimely loss of Capt. Howard Bennett
new enterprise for @starledger.bsky.social, I embedded for 48 hrs with a #NewJersey rescue unit 17 days after losing a firefighter to the icy waters of Delaware River. We hunkered down as a blizzard the state had not seen in 30 years beared down. Photos: Dave Hernandez www.nj.com/camden/2026/...
what the Ramapo Reservation tower story would have looked like on a1 of the @starledger.bsky.social if we still had the physical paper 🥲
alas, what our landfill enterprise story would have looked like in the @starledger.bsky.social — if we still had the physical paper 🥲
The settlement also involves a site in Parlin (Sayreville) and the @NewJerseyDEP’s statewide “forever chemicals” directive which began in 2019. From an NJ Attorney General statement 👇 (story coming)
behold…what our beaver project would have looked like in the @starledger.bsky.social print edition — if we still had the physical paper 🥲
from Wednesday’s decision: “Despite the artful pleading by the Plaintiffs in this case, this court finds that Plaintiffs’ complaint, even under the most indulgent reading, is entirely about addressing the injuries of global climate change and seeking damages for such alleged injuries.”
breaking, #NewJersey’s vast lawsuit accusing big oil of causing #climatechange and deceiving the public — was just dismissed by a judge. A similar case was tossed in NY in Jan. @newjerseyoag.bsky.social office tells me “we are appealing immediately.” Full AG statement 👇 @starledger.bsky.social
sucks to be the last time picking up the @starledger.bsky.social in person. I probably won’t pass a newsstand from now on and not look for it
new in offshore wind news for #NewJersey, Shell has pulled out of the state’s first offshore wind farm. The developer Atlantic Shores tells me it remains “committed” to the project. Full statement here and story coming up for @starledger.bsky.social: