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Statement from leaders of the 111 group New Jersey coalition against the Manchin/Schumer dirty side deal on tonight's announcement it has been removed from this week's must pass budget bill
Environmental justice advocates and their allies scored a huge victory late this afternoon when Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Manchin announced they withdrew the dirty pipeline deal from the must pass budget bill to fund the federal government this week.
Governor Murphy’s Road to Nowhere
Currently, 40% of New Jersey’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector. Spending billions of dollars on road expansion while mass transit remains underfunded completely misses the urgency of the climate moment we are in.
Extreme Weather Highlights Urgent Need for Energy Infrastructure Updates Across Midwest
Recent IPCC and federal studies are clear: we have to act now. Bold decisions are needed to decarbonize power girds and invest in renewable energy sources to . The polar vortex and deep freeze across the Midwest is another reminder that we need strong local and state leadership to fill the vacuum created by a federal pull back on action on climate.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Takes the Lead for Clean Water
Trenton, New Jersey – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced today that he will cast a vote as the Chairman of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) in support of a watershed-wide permanent ban on fracking and its associated activities, including a ban of wastewater storage, processing and discharges in the Basin, and a ban on water exports from the watershed to fuel fracking elsewhere.
Clean Water Action: Environmental Justice Legislation Empowers NJDEP
Trenton, NJ-Today, Kim Gaddy, Environmental Justice Organizer for Clean Water Action, testified in the Senate Environment Committee hearing on legislation (S1700) sponsored by Senators Troy Singleton and Loretta Weinberg which would empower the NJ Department of Environmental Justice (NJDEP) to deny permits due to environmental injustice