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Human Rights Costs must not be Tolerated in Transitioning to a Clean Energy future
Before Women’s History Month concludes, I think it’s extremely important to shed light on a very important issue: the human rights violations that the people, particularly women, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are currently enduring amid the global push for creating a zero-emission future.
Clean Water on the Move - March 2024
Welcome to Clean Water on the Move, your monthly update from Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund in New Jersey!
Skip the Stuff! Borough of Garwood Passes a New Ordinance to Reduce Cutlery and Condiment Pollution
On March 21 2024, the Borough of Garwood, New Jersey joined the growing number of towns to Skip the Stuff to help reduce unwanted single-use disposables, mostly plastics, from going into the waste stream.
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
