PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CLIMATE AGENDA WILL DEPEND ON THIS POWERFUL N.J. CONGRESSMAN
News Article • • by Jonathan Salant at NJ.com
Frank Pallone’s House Energy and Commerce Committee is ground zero for Biden’s efforts to deliver an economy with net-zero emissions by 2050.
UPDATING APPLIANCE STANDARDS WILL SAVE ENERGY AND MONEY
News Article • • by Ed Potosnak and Barbara Brummer at Asbury Park Press
New Jersey can join a growing list of states that are upgrading energy efficiency standards for household and commercial appliances.
NEW JERSEY HAS TO FACE THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
News Article • • by Ed Potosnak at NJ.com
Local governments have the ability to create stormwater utilities and the assessed revenue is dedicated and must be spent upgrading and maintaining infrastructure and controlling flooding.
STEERING NEW JERSEY TO THE RIGHT PATH ON TRANSPORTATION
News Article • • by Ed Potosnak at spotlight nj
TCI can be used in a variety of ways, for funding New Jersey Transit to help transition to electric vehicles by building out electric car-, bus-,van- and truck-charging infrastructure.
MORE N.J. CITIES SHOULD FOLLOW HOBOKEN’S LEAD, SUE BIG OIL | OPINION
News Article • • by Ed Potosnak at NJ.com
The evidence is clear that burning fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases into the air, causing our planet to get warmer and our climate to change.
ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM: NJ SIGNS HISTORIC ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION
News Article • • by Lee Clark at Black Star News
Potentially major polluting projects are now subject to an environmental justice impacts assessment by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and input from local residents.
NEW JERSEY WIND PORT WILL BE VITAL TO NEW JERSEY’S COVID-19 RECOVERY | OPINION
News Article • • by Ed Potosnak at NJ.com
The Wind Port will address both reducing New Jersey’s reliance on dirty energy sources and creating employment opportunities for folks in underserved communities.
LET’S NOT CLING TO THE FAMILIAR. LET’S DO BETTER AND CREATE GREEN JOBS | OPINION
News Article • • by Ed Potosnak at NJ.com
New Jersey can create a prosperous future for all by focusing on energy efficiency and a green jobs recovery. These good, local jobs cannot be outsourced and will provide a fair wage that can sustain a middle-class lifestyle.
THE PROBLEM WITH STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN NEW JERSEY
News Article • • by ED POTOSNAK, ADRIENNE VICARI, JEFF COLELLA at NJ.com
Our waterways face threats from industrial waste, polluted runoff, pesticides, and aging pipes. Also, last year over 40 lakes were devastated by toxic, hazardous algal blooms (HABs) caused by polluted stormwater runoff.
THE SOLUTION TO TOXIC ALGAE RUINING SUMMER FUN IS STORMWATER UTILITIES
News Article • • by Ed Potosnak at Roxbury Register
A stormwater utility would raise the funds to pay for green infrastructure projects to manage stormwater by intercepting pollutants before they enter our lakes. These funds cannot be diverted to a municipality’s general fund and are legally dedicated.