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October 7, 2025
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New Jersey LCV blasts Ciattarelli’s dismal environmental record
Ciattarelli repeatedly voted in the legislature to raise electricity bills, failed to protect open space, and endangered our air, water, and parks
Trenton, NJ - As we enter the closing stretch of New Jersey’s historic gubernatorial election, the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters has released an analysis of Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli’s record as a state legislator — and found that he repeatedly voted against the environment while in Trenton.
Ciattarelli, who achieved an abysmal lifetime failing score of 38% on New Jersey LCV’s scorecard while in the General Assembly, consistently voted to raise electricity bills, leave open spaces vulnerable to development, and endangered our air, clean water, open spaces and parks — even as he flip-flopped on offshore wind.
“While in the General Assembly, Jack Ciattarelli consistently voted to enrich billionaires and powerful corporations instead of protecting the health of working families and our state’s precious air, water and open space,” New Jersey League of Conservation Voters Executive Director Ed Potosnak said. “His failing record shows that, regardless of his rhetoric on the campaign trail, Ciattarelli can’t be trusted to lead our state at a time when working families are struggling with higher prices and when Donald Trump is already working to enrich his billionaire friends at the expense of New Jersey residents.”
New Jersey LCV’s report, which can be read here, found that Ciattarelli:
Actively Opposed Open Space Preservation: Ciattarelli can’t be trusted to protect our natural resources. He’ll say anything to get elected and while on the campaign trail he says he’ll fight to preserve New Jersey’s open space his legislative record paints a starkly different picture. Specifically, he opposed Ciattarelli opposed constitutionally dedicating Corporate Business Tax (CBT) funding to open space and farmland preservation — which ultimately passed with an overwhelming majority of voters supporting it and has provided hundreds of millions of dollars to protect our state’s precious open space from encroaching sprawl from warehouses and strip malls.
Put Corporate Profits Over People: As a legislator, Ciattarelli consistently voted to advance the interests of powerful developers and oil, gas, and coal industry CEOs over the well-being of New Jersey’s working families by opposing solar energy, RGGI and funding for open space and protections for clean drinking water that millions of people rely on.
Prevented voters from protecting the environment: Ciattarelli voted on two separate occasions to deny voters the chance to weigh in on important environmental issues: Establishing dedicated funding for open space and creating a lock box to prevent money to prevent fines paid by polluters from being diverted as part of one-shot budget gimmicks. Ciatterelli opposed these constitutional amendments, which were overwhelmingly approved by voters — showing just how out of touch he was as he tried to silence the voices of voters on all ends of the ideological spectrum.
And showing just how craven Ciattarelli is, New Jersey LCV found that he voted to support the development of offshore wind here in New Jersey before he flip-flopped to please Trump, his MAGA allies, and enriching oil, gas and coal CEOs.
In 2017, Ciattarelli supported offshore wind, voting yes on S988/A3093, which would have paved the way for offshore wind developments that would lower electricity costs by producing more electricity right here in New Jersey.
Yet on the campaign trail Ciattarelli, appeasing Donald Trump and his billionaire oil and gas donors, has turned sharply against offshore wind, which is killing thousands of union jobs and will lead to more expensive electricity costs for working families.
Despite his vote for support, he now says that “I’ve always said that wind farms off our Jersey Shore are bad economic policy, bad environmental policy, and bad energy policy.
You can read the full report, which highlights key anti-environmental votes Ciattarelli took, by clicking here.