NJEJA Endorses Letter from Partners to U.S. DOE on NEPA Procedures

On June 30, DOE issued an Interim Final Rule that guts enforceable public participation, exempts many energy projects from environmental review, and sidelines the voices of frontline and Tribal communities, all under the guise of “streamlining.”

This rule weakens hard-fought safeguards and opens the door to unchecked development.

NJEJA was proud to sign-on and endorse a letter from our partners regarding the U.S. DOE’s revision to these rules.

Read the full letter below:

EJ-DOE-InterimFinalRuleDownload

NJEJA Joins MFN Partners and California EJ Organizations In Letter on CARB’s In-Use Locomotive Regulation

We are proud to join our partners in California and across the Moving Forward Network in a letter to the California Air Resource Board regarding its repeal of the In-Use Locomotive Regulation. We stand firm with our partners in the mission of cleaning up rail pollution, supporting EJ communities impacted by rail and goods movement pollution, and doing everything we can to protect public health.

In all, the letter calls on CARB to:

  • Commit to doing everything it takes to address the problem of rail pollution
  • Build an electric rail system in California
  • Center community engagement and public health in every decision going forward
  • Import knowledge from other countries and regions that recently transitioned or are transitioning their rail systems to electric
  • Work creatively with the railroads to secure funding to electrify key freight corridors
  • Focus on zero-emission electric infrastructure
  • Oppose false solutions like CCS in the rail context and hydrogen locomotives

Read the full letter below:

CARB Letter re Loco Rule Repeal_6.26.25_FinalDownload

NJEJA Submits Letter to DEP on the First Decision Under the Landmark Environmental Justice Law

Nearly 5 years after the passage of the landmark, first of it’s kind Environmental Justice Law, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection has issued it’s first decision on the Safety-Kleen facility permit application. While we are glad to see these decisions come through, NJEJA and our partners have serious concerns with the components of the decision.

To make our concerns known and to raise our points of conversation with the DEP, NJEJA and our partners penned a letter addressing our thoughts as well as areas of the decision which we did not feel fully enforced the EJ law. This letter has been sent to staff at the NJ DEP. Read the full letter below.

For questions, please reach out to us at info@njeja.org.

Our full letter to NJ DEP regarding the Safety-Kleen decision:

NJEJA-Letter-Safety-Kleen-EJ-DecisionDownload