As New Jersey approaches a historic gubernatorial election later this year, a bipartisan coalition of advocates and elected officials are launching Enviro Fix in ’26, a comprehensive and nonpartisan environmental agenda designed to set the priorities for our state’s next governor.
This bold agenda highlights a series of popular steps that will protect New Jersey’s clean air, drinking water and existing natural resources — while lowering costs for working families and creating jobs for union workers.
Enviro Fix in ’26 brings together environment, public health, faith, and local community advocates to lay out key environmental and health issues facing New Jersey in 2026 and beyond.
Enviro Fix in ’26 focuses on five key policy areas:
Building and modernizing a clean energy future. New Jersey must achieve its goal of 100% clean energy by 2035 while also making essential investments to modernize our electric grid and switching to cost-saving electricity to heat our homes and power our appliances. These policies won’t just put New Jersey on the forefront of the fight against climate change, it will also lower costs for working families and improve the health of our families, particularly Black and brown residents, who breathe air polluted by dirty oil and gas.
Safeguarding New Jersey families and businesses from climate change and investing in resilient communities. The Los Angeles fires remind us of New Jersey’s recent fires, drought, and floods and highlight the fact that more frequent and extreme weather events are already impacting our communities. The next governor must lead the charge to protect our cities and towns against the threats posed by climate change, while pursuing sustainable solutions that protect sensitive ecosystems.
Ensuring that all New Jerseyans are able to breathe clean air. New Jersey has some of the worst air quality in the nation, which exacerbates health issues like asthma in children and heart disease in seniors. Black and brown communities across our state are disproportionately impacted, and the next governor must take steps that clean our air.
Preserving open spaces and expanding access to parks. As the most densely populated state in the nation, we need to double down on efforts to permanently preserve 500,000 acres of open space from development and ensure a park is accessible within one mile of where people live. Achieving this goal is crucial to protect fragile ecosystems, reduce flooding and carbon pollution, and provide places for New Jersey families to experience the outdoors.
Expanding public transportation with clean and reliable options so every New Jerseyan can get around — regardless of their ZIP code. Transportation is the single largest emitter of climate pollution in New Jersey. We need to ensure the Corporate Transit Fee funding for NJ Transit through the Corporate Business Tax (CBT) is made permanent even as we invest in innovative new clean transportation options, from electric vehicles to micro-transit solutions.
Safeguarding our statewide clean water resources. To ensure that every New Jersey family has access to safe drinking water, our next governor must prioritize funding to remove lead pipes while also addressing emerging contaminants, like PFAS and microplastics, that threaten our health. The state must also support cities and towns as they seek to address stormwater by providing investments and technical assistance that protect water quality and eliminate the release of untreated sewage into our rivers and streams.
This is just the beginning of a comprehensive effort to make the environment a top issue on the campaign trail by educating voters about the policies our state needs to adopt to protect our health, lower costs, and combat environmental threats.