NEW JERSEY LCV DISAPPOINTED WITH FERC DECISION REGARDING NESE PIPELINE
Press Release • 5/20/2021
NESE isn’t needed, New York and New Jersey don’t want it, and it poses a threat to clean water, wildlife, and the safety and health of New Jersey communities.
NEW JERSEY LCV ENDORSES PRO-ENVIRONMENT SLATE IN LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 16
Press Release • 5/18/2021
New Jersey LCV is proud to endorse Andrew Zwicker for State Senate and Roy Freiman and Sadaf Jaffer for Assembly to continue this important role of championing conservation.
Environmental advocates call on Congress to build on Pallone offshore drilling ban by passing Biden infrastructure plan
Press Release • 5/7/2021
A group of New Jersey elected officials, green business groups and civil rights leaders applauded Rep. Frank Pallone (D-Monmouth) for introducing legislation that would ban offshore drilling off the state’s coastline and called on Congress to wean itself from Big Oil and instead make transformative investments to create clean energy jobs.
Rep. Pallone’s legislation comes as President Biden is pushing the American Jobs Plan, which would invest trillions of dollars in clean energy, creating millions of new jobs replacing 100 percent of the nation’s lead drinking water lines, weatherizing 2 million aging homes and offices, building new solar panels and wind turbines and other major national infrastructure needs.
BROAD COALITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS URGES IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF THE SAVE THE BEES BILL
Press Release • 4/27/2021
Science confirms that widespread neonic use is a leading cause of pollinator losses and links neonics to declines in birds, the collapse of fisheries, birth defects in white-tailed deer, and a variety of other health harms to mammals.
NEW JERSEY LCV APPLAUDS MURPHY ADMINISTRATION FOR CREATION OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE STRATEGY
Press Release • 4/22/2021
Murphy Administration understands that it takes a statewide coordinated effort at all levels of government to confront climate change.
NEW JERSEY LCV APPLAUDS GOVERNOR MURPHY AND OVER A THOUSAND ELECTED LEADERS SUPPORTING A BOLD AMERICA JOBS PLAN
Press Release • 4/21/2021
New Jersey LCV urges Congress to support the Biden-Harris infrastructure plan so New Jersey can start our post-COVID economic recovery.
NEW JERSEY LCV CONGRATULATES SHAWN LATOURETTE ON APPOINTMENT AS COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW JERSEY DEP
Press Release • 4/14/2021
New Jersey LCV Congratulates Shawn LaTourette on his appoinment as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
NEW JERSEY LCV APPLAUDS PRESIDENT BIDEN ON HIS BOLD PLAN TO TACKLE CLIMATE AND CREATE GREEN JOBS
Press Release • 4/1/2021
Congress should pass transformative infrastructure plan to rebuild the economy and confront ongoing crises by reducing pollution, tackling climate change and addressing environmental injustice while creating jobs.
NEW JERSEY LCV APPLAUDS GOVERNOR MURPHY FOR SIGNING NEW VOTING LAW EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE BALLOT
Press Release • 3/31/2021
New Jersey LCV is commending Governor Murphy on signing of a new law that will expand early in-person voting for New Jersey residents.
NEW JERSEY LCV APPLAUDS WHITE HOUSE BOLD OFFSHORE WIND COMMITMENT
Press Release • 3/30/2021
Offshore wind is a crtical component for expanding our clean energy sector and creating a sustainable green jobs recovery that builds a stronger, fairer and more equitable 21st Century economy.