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Make New Jersey’s Corporate Business Tax Surcharge Permanent
NJ has been talking a big clean energy game, but the cuts to the Clean Energy Fund mean that programs to make clean energy accessible to lower income residents are delayed. The cuts to the NJ Transit capital budget mean that mass transit improvements in NJ are delayed or left unconsidered. Now, the state is saying we can afford to cut the taxes of giant corporations. We are here to say: absolutely not.
Clean Water on the Move - March 2023
Welcome to Clean Water on the Move, your monthly update from Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund in New Jersey.
Workers and Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Stop the Corporate Millionaires Tax Cut
We are running out of time to make a meaningful impact on emissions before the worst impacts of the climate emergency become our NJ children’s future.
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
