Governor Murphy Announces Nation’s First Environmental Justice …
WEBApr 17, 2023 · Governor Murphy Announces Nation’s First Environmental Justice Rules to Reduce Pollution in Vulnerable Communities. TRENTON – On the first day of Earth Week, Governor Phil Murphy today announced the final adoption of regulations to implement New Jersey’s landmark Environmental Justice (EJ) Law.
New Jersey Is One of America’s Fastest-Warming States, Data …
WEBJul 3, 2024 · New Jersey is heating up faster than any other state in the Northeast, pacing a region with rapidly rising temperatures, according to data gathered by a nonprofit research organization.
2.5 years after signing, NJ environmental justice law begins
WEBApr 17, 2023 · WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Two and a half years after it was signed into law, a measure designed to prevent New Jersey communities already dealing with sources of pollution from having to accept more of them took effect Monday.
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WEBOct 12, 2021 · TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy’s Interagency Council on Climate Resilience today released the final version of the state’s first Climate Change Resiliency Strategy, a science-based blueprint for protecting New Jersey’s vulnerable communities, environment, economy, and infrastructure from the impacts of climate change.
Landmark law to protect N.J.'s poorest communities from …
WEBSep 18, 2020 · The law requires the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to consider how pollution from certain types of new facilities, and facilities seeking to renew environmental permits,...
Finally, NJ’s Groundbreaking Environmental Justice Law is …
WEBJun 16, 2023 · After two and a half years, New Jersey has finally enforced a landmark environmental justice law that requires regulators to consider the environmental and public health impacts on overburdened communities when evaluating permit applications.
NJ aims to implement environmental justice law by Dec. 31
WEBJun 2, 2022 · New Jersey environmental protection officials said Thursday they hope to have a law that guards communities from overbearing pollution in full effect by the end of this year.
Governor Murphy Signs Historic Environmental Justice Legislation
WEBSep 18, 2020 · Nation’s Strongest Measure to Protect Overburdened Communities from Pollutants. Fulfilling a commitment to enact sweeping protections for environmental justice communities, Governor Phil Murphy today, alongside U.S. Senator Cory Booker, Mayor Ras Baraka, Senator Troy Singleton, Assemblyman John McKeon, and environmental advocates, signed ...
NJDEP| News Releases - New Jersey Department of Environmental …
WEBMay 16, 2024 · NJDEP| News Releases | Praise Comes in for Murphy Administration’s First-in-Nation Suite of Reforms to Build Resilience to Coastal Flooding and Better Protect Communities From Climate Change Impacts (24/P017) | On Friday, May 10, Governor Phil Murphy and Commissioner of Environmental Protection Shawn M. LaTourette announced the Administration’s intent to modernize a suite of DEP ...
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WEBSep 4, 2024 · We now look ahead to the 2050 goal and reducing carbon pollution, expanding clean energy infrastructure and building resilient communities. NJ Protecting Against Climate Threats (NJ PACT) | Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) | Interagency Council on Climate Change.