Local protesters will be participating in a National Day of Solidarity at Oyster Creek Generating Station from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

"The main premise of our demonstration tomorrow is in reference to the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant," said Benjamin Davies, staff director of the New Jersey Environmental Federation.

A U.S. district judge in Brattleboro, Vt. ruled that the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant could remain open beyond it's scheduled shutdown date this year. The state had originally ruled against Vermont Yankee's federal operating license, which gives the plant 20 more years to operate.

The ruling went against "public and political upheaval," Davies said, which sparks concerns that the same could happen at Oyster Creek.

TRENTON - A coalition of 27 environmental and labor groups has filed suit against a controversial "waiver rule" that allows the Department of Environmental Protection to allow some developers to skip regulations.

The rule, signed by DEP Commissioner Bob Martin two weeks ago, allows the state Department of Environmental Protection to waive regulations on a case-by-case basis if they agree with developers or homeowners that they're "unduly burdensome" or if they conflict with other agencies' laws.

The groups filed suit this morning in the state superior court's appellate division.

TRENTON (AP) - Both houses of the New Jersey Legislature postponed scheduled votes Thursday on a measure allowing developers to delay construction projects for two years after receiving regulatory approvals.

The Legislature had approved two-year extensions for developers in 2008 and 2010, but both times environmentally fragile areas were excluded. Opponents pressed for postponement on Thursday because the current Permit Extension Act includes the Highlands region in northwestern New Jersey. The Highlands is a protected area of nearly 900,000 acres that is the source of drinking water to millions of people.