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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
South Jersey Gas Pipeline
South Jersey Gas has submitted a proposal to put a natural gas pipeline through a portion of the Pinelands Forest Management Area. The proposal would place 22 miles of 24-inch pipeline through Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland Counties in order to provide the B.L. England Plant located in Beesley's Point, Cape May County with natural gas.
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We Lost The Pinelands, But We Will Get Them Back, Clean Water Blog Feature by Janet Tauro, March 7, 2017 After Public Protest, Pinelands Gas Line Approval Headed to Court, NJ Spotlight, February 27, 2017 Environmentalists stage protest inSacrificing Water for Oil and Gas Profit
The rules for exempting aquifers are more than 30 years old, and do not reflect current and future water shortages, population shifts and ever-changing water treatment and well drilling technologies.
Fracking Threatens Drinking Water
For the last five years, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been conducting a study on the potential impacts of fracking on drinking water. The study examined mechanisms within the fracking water lifecycle that could result in contamination of drinking water sources.
Divesting from Fossil Fuels
Because of the impacts of fossil fuels on the earth’s climate and the damage they cause to our air and water, it is the policy of Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund to avoid investing any of their funds in companies that mine, produce, refine or burn fossil fuels.
Currently, there are limited investment choices that are completely fossil-fuel free. In 2013, Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund began moving their investments to socially responsible funds which are either fossil-fuel free or include minimal investments in fossil fuels in their portfolio.
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