Editorial: N.J. re-entry into Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is smart move
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Ed Potosnak needed fewer than 30 words to sum up everything that’s right and good about a new legislative push to usher New Jersey back into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – better known as RGGI.
“The people of New Jersey want cleaner air and good jobs,” Potosnak, executive director of the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, said in a statement. “RGGI provides these benefits as well as many others, including desperately needed money into our treasury.”
NO CHEAP OR PAINLESS WAY TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING, WARNS NJ WORKING GROUP
News Article • • by Tom Johnson at NJ Spotlight
The biggest challenge to reducing the greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to climate change in the state is to do so without imposing an unfair cost burden on residents and businesses, according to a new report submitted to the Legislature.
The report is the work of a study group set up by lawmakers to identify ways to comply with an aggressive goal of cutting back pollution that leads to global warming, reducing carbon emissions by 80 percent from 2006 levels by 2050. It recommends that the state focus on three key areas to achieve those targets: transportation; heating and building; and energy production.
Lawmakers, environmentalists urge Assembly action on NJ open space funding
News Article • • by Matt Friedman at NJ.com
Armed with a poll that showed overwhelming public support for their plan to save New Jersey’s out-of-cash open space trust fund, environmentalists and lawmakers from both parties today called on state Assembly leaders to act on it.
Plan for open-space funding advances in N.J.
News Article • • by Andrew Seidman at Philly.com
TRENTON- A Senate panel on Monday advanced a proposal to restore funding to New Jersey's depleted open-space program by amending the state's constitution to dedicate a portion of revenue from the corporate business tax to preserving land.
Central Jersey's million-dollar political races funded by outside groups
News Article • • by Sergio Bichao at
In just three legislative districts in Central Jersey, combined spending by the state Senate and Assembly candidates, the two major state parties and the independent groups has topped $5 million, according to a Courier News and Home News Tribune review of state campaign finance documents.
Turn one year memory of Sandy into positive force for change
News Article • • by Michael R. Convente at The Daily Targum
As we approach the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, many Americans will revisit life-changing moments and remembrances from the superstorm, especially those in New York and New Jersey.
Green PAC backs pro-environment legislators in NJ
News Article • • by Angela Della Santi at
A nonpartisan group is making its presence felt in New Jersey's legislative elections by supporting four candidates who rank among the most reliable pro-environment votes.
Verona, Cedar Grove legislators grade poorly in environmental issues, study says
News Article • • by Dan Rosenblum at
Verona and Cedar Grove may be nestled in the trees, but an environmental advocacy group says those they send to Trenton could be much greener.
According to a scorecard released Sept. 9 by the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, the assembly members and state senators whose districts contain Verona and Cedar Grove are mostly below average when it comes to environmental issues.
Open space vote helps Allen land support of NJ conservationists
News Article • • by David Levinsky at Burlington County Times
A last-ditch effort to place an open-space referendum on the November ballot may have come up a few votes short this summer, but Sen. Diane Allen’s support for the measure wasn’t forgotten by conservationists, who endorsed her re-election this week.
"Green" group gives legislators low scores on environmental issues
News Article • • by Tom Johnson at NJ Spotlight
Apparently, it still isn’t easy being green -- particularly in the New Jersey Legislature.
At least that's the conclusion of the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, which issued a scorecard yesterday that indicated lawmakers are sliding in their ratings for voting on environmental bills. It is a trend previously cited by more prominent and politically active groups, such as the New Jersey Environmental Federation and the New Jersey Sierra Club.