State Planning Commission

New Jersey’s Environmental Policy Agenda
State Commission that consists of 17 members representing State government, local government and the public. Coordinate planning activities and establish Statewide planning objectives in the following areas: land use, housing, economic development, transportation, natural resource conservation, agriculture and farmland retention, recreation, urban and suburban redevelopment, historic preservation, public facilities and services, and intergovernmental coordination.

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  • First Year
    Release report, based on ongoing listening sessions (including in environmental justice communities), provide guidance and implement relevant administrative actions to identify appropriate locations for warehouses and other goods movement facilities.
    1. Building up, rather than out (“high cube” warehouses)
    2. Require warehouses to be solar- and green-roof ready
    3. Enabling more goods to be shipped by rail
    4. Prioritize heavy- and medium-duty trucks and port equipment for vehicle electrification and establish “zero-emission zones” in port areas
    5. Prohibiting the siting of warehousings on prime agricultural land
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New Jersey LCV Education Fund greatly appreciates each organization’s contributions and valued expertise shared in this effort as well as the immeasurable commitment put forward to protecting New Jersey’s environment:.

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