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50% Emission Cuts by 2030 is the New Policy; NJ Must Put into Practice
Clean Water Action organizers were on hand to celebrate Governor Murphy’s announcement that he is issuing an Executive Order to reduce New Jersey’s greenhouse gas emissions to 50% of their 2006 levels by the year 2030. The announcement took place with a backdrop of construction vehicles as workers continued to install the nation’s largest solar farm on reclaimed landfill.
NJ's new straw policy is in effect!
Last year we celebrated as New Jersey passed into law one of the strongest bans on single-use disposables in the country (P.L. 2020, c. 117). We've been counting down the days until the law goes into effect. On November 4, the "straws by request" provision went live. Under these requirements, food service businesses will only offer single-use plastic straws to customers if they specifically request one.
While this might seem like a very minor change, "straws by request" policies can drastically reduce the number of straws used and thrown out. For example, one restaurant that participated in a
NJ Legislative Scorecard 2017 - What Environmental Heroes Are Saying
Check out the Environmental Heroes from Clean Water Action's NJ Legislative Scorecard 2017!
NJ Legislative Scorecard 2017
Clean Water Action presents the NJ Legislative Scorecard 2017. The scorecard represents a permanent record that scores every NJ state legislator on votes, action and leadership on significant environmental bills in August 2015 - August 2017. Tell legislators what you think about their scores.
2017 Scorecard Reveals Most Legislators Still Not Making the GradeThe New Jersey Legislature tried but failed to counter Governor Christie on the environment. They now must work with the new Governor to undo Christie's wrongdoing and counter Donald Trump.
New Jersey has not been at a more critical
New Jersey Currents | Fall 2021
In This Issue: Pro-environment Governor Phil Murphy Wins in Historic, Close Election | Time to Pass a Recycled Content Bill in New Jersey | What’s the Score on the New Jersey Legislature? | Let’s Not Turn the Garden State into the Warehouse State | Electric Trucks Fleet at NJ Ports | Green Jobs Council Gets into Gear