Lawmakers, Environmental Advocates, Residents Want NJ Voters to Direct Natural Resource Damage Monies
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A common-sense ballot measure requiring pollution damage settlements to remain in the intended communities and not grabbed to plug holes in the state budget has been posted for floor votes in the Legislature on Monday, thanks to the leadership of legislative champions Sen. Bob Smith and Assemblymen John McKeon and Tim Eustace, the diligence of advocates from the NJ League of Conservation Voters, NY/NJ Baykeeper, American Littoral Society and NJ Audubon and the voices of more than 2,400 taxpayers and voters.
Lawmakers, Environmental Advocates, Residents Want NJ Voters to Direct Natural Resource Damage Monies
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TRENTON – A common-sense ballot measure requiring pollution damage settlements to remain in the intended communities and not grabbed to plug holes in the state budget has been posted for floor votes in the Legislature on Monday, thanks to the leadership of legislative champions Sen. Bob Smith and Assemblymen John McKeon and Tim Eustace, the diligence of advocates from the NJ League of Conservation Voters, NY/NJ Baykeeper, American Littoral Society and NJ Audubon and the voices of more than 2,400 taxpayers and voters.
NJ League of Conservation Voters Statement on the Nomination of Environmental Foe to Lead the EPA
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The New Jersey League of Conservation Voters very strongly objects to the nomination Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a staunch fossil fuel ally, as President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
Statement on the Nomination of Environmental Foe to Lead the EPA
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The New Jersey League of Conservation Voters very strongly objects to the nomination Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a staunch fossil fuel ally, as President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
Endorsement: Diegnan, Karabinchak are Strong Environmental Stewards for NJ’s 18th District
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The New Jersey League of Conservation Voters (New Jersey LCV) is pleased to announce its endorsement of New Jersey Sen. Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. and Assemblyman Robert Karabinchak to represent the 18th legislative district.
NJ League of Conservation Voters: Diegnan, Karabinchak are Strong Environmental Stewards for NJ’s 18th District
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TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey League of Conservation Voters (New Jersey LCV) is pleased to announce its endorsement of New Jersey Sen. Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. and Assemblyman Robert Karabinchak to represent the 18th legislative district.
STATE POISED TO ISSUE FIRST DROUGHT WARNING IN MORE THAN A DECADE
News Article • • by Tom Johnson at NJ Spotlight
For the first time in 15 years, the state is expected to issue a full-blown drought warning.
The state Department of Environmental Protection is holding a public hearing today on drought conditions, a necessary prelude to declaring a drought warning for at least 12 northern and central counties where scant rainfall has emptied reservoirs.
With much of the state experiencing severely low precipitation levels and some of New Jersey’s biggest reservoirs falling below 50 percent storage levels, it is all but certain a drought warning will be issued.
Essential Preservation Programs Remain Unfunded as Governor Denies Voters’ Will and Conditionally Vetoes Open Space Legislation
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Governor Christie conditionally vetoed S969/A780, the Preserve New Jersey Act, which would have provided the authorization and guidance to begin funding state, county, local and non-profit open space, farmland, and historic preservation programs consistent with the constitutional amendment passed in 2014 with 65 percent of voters’ support. After the Governor pocket vetoed implementation language at the end of last session, both houses of the Legislature prioritized this bill, and passed it again this year with strong bipartisan support.
ESSENTIAL PRESERVATION PROGRAMS REMAIN UNFUNDED AS GOVERNOR DENIES VOTERS’ WILL AND CONDITIONALLY VETOES OPEN SPACE LEGISLATION
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TRENTON, NJ—Governor Christie conditionally vetoed S969/A780, the Preserve New Jersey Act, which would have provided the authorization and guidance to begin funding state, county, local and non-profit open space, farmland, and historic preservation programs consistent with the constitutional amendment passed in 2014 with 65 percent of voters’ support. After the Governor pocket vetoed implementation language at the end of last session, both houses of the Legislature prioritized this bill, and passed it again this year with strong bipartisan support.
CHRISTIE POISED TO DIVERT ANOTHER $20 MILLION FROM OPEN-SPACE FUNDING
News Article • • by Tom Johnson at NJ Spotlight
The Christie administration’s diversion of $20 million from an open-space fund to pay salaries at state parks was condemned yesterday at a legislative hearing in what is emerging as an acrimonious side battle over next year’s budget.
In a hearing before the Senate Environment and Energy Committee, open-space advocates argued such diversions were never contemplated by voters in the fall of 2014 when they easily approved a new constitutional amendment setting aside corporate business taxes to fund acquisition of undeveloped land and farmland preservation.