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Planting Trees, Growing Environmental Leaders
In May, I finished my third semester teaching a college dual enrollment Healthy Communities course at Madison Park Academy in the Sobrante Park District of East Oakland. Sobrante Park is an environmental justice community burdened with heavy traffic. The majority of households pay over 50% of their income for housing, and the community has some of the highest asthma rates in the country. Most of the environmental injustices faced by residents are due to air pollution from vehicles including the diesel trucks that run on the 880 freeway directly adjacent to the school. Diesel trucks are not
Clean Water Action Statement Calling for Millionaires Tax
Trenton, NJ - Clean Water Action's NJ Campaign State Director, Eric Benson, joining others at the State House Rally in support of the the millionaires tax and tax fairness:
"You can't have a strong and healthy New Jersey economy without lifting everyone up, addressing climate change, preventing environmental health harms no matter which zip code you live in, and making sure that dedicated funds that benefit all of society (be they for renewable energy or affordable housing) are no longer raided to balance the state budget because millionaires have gotten a pass when it comes to contributing to
Organizations Call for a DRBC Vote for Full Fracking Ban
West Trenton, NJ – Members of the public are speaking out at the Delaware River Basin Commission’s (DRBC) public meeting today at the West Trenton Fire Company Hall. Representatives of advocacy groups from throughout the region are calling for the Commissioners to vote as soon as possible to adopt a full ban on fracking throughout the Delaware River Watershed, including banning the treatment, storage and disposal of wastewater produced by fracking, and banning the export of water from the Watershed to enable fracking elsewhere.
On May 16 at the Delaware River Governors Summit, New Jersey
Showing up for Environmental Justice
Last week, Clean Water Action participated in the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Hearing at the State House.
Clean Water Statement on NJ's Energy Master Plan Release
Trenton, NJ -- Statement from Clean Water Action's State Director, Amy Goldsmith, on the release of the draft Energy Master Plan (EMP) by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU):
"This has been a long awaited and highly anticipated release. Since 2011, New Jersey has been operating under Governor Chris Christie's failing energy blueprint, which will leave NJ falling far short of meeting our state's clean energy and climate goals."
"This draft EMP is really a sketch, rightfully awaiting climate modeling and public input to help fill out some of the details. The final plan will need to