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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.
Reflections on Jim Florio’s passing from two Clean Water Action staff with direct experience with Jim Florio as Congressman, Governor and Pinelands Commission Chair
The power and conviction of Jim Florio to do what was right for people and environment extended far beyond New Jersey.
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.
Clean Water Waves | In The News, Summer 2022
Our work to protect clean water across the country often makes the news. Clean Water Waves highlights recent articles featuring our staff speaking on their areas of activism and expertise.
Testimony Opposing "Chemical Recycling" A5803
Statement by Maura Toomey, Zero Waste Organizer for Clean Water Action before the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee Opposing A5803
June 14, 2021
Thank you for the opportunity to testify on this bill. Clean Water Action strongly opposes A5803, which would exempt plastic material processed at advanced plastic processing facilities from solid waste and recycling regulations, and urges the bill’s sponsor Assemblyman McKeon to pull this bill.
This is an attempt to create a market for “advanced recycling”, also known as “chemical recycling”, gasification, or pyrolysis. These terms