This month, the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance joined over 175 organizations in opposing U.S. Senate Bill 4753, Senators Manchin and Barrasso’s Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 (EPRA).
Read the full letter below to hear what EJ advocates have to say about the dangers of this legislation’s impact on
On September 19, NJEJA submitted a letter to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission’s Commissioners expressing our deep opposition to the proposal of a fourth power plant in the Ironbound Community of Newark, New Jersey. We stand in solidarity with the residents of the Ironbound in opposing this plant as it will contribute to local air pollution, exacerbate risks to negative health outcomes, and continue a reliance on fossil fuels when a rapid transition to renewables is deeply needed.
On July 30, NJEJA joined our partners at the Moving Forward Network in supporting the work of Southern California partners working to pass the South Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board’s Rail Yard Indirect Source Review Rule.
On August 2, the Governing Board passed the rule, a win for environmental justice communities in the surrounding areas.
Adopting the rule – which is designed to work in tandem with the CARB rules – will ensure a reduction in emissions associated with rail yards. Freight rail yards are now required to achieve 82% reductions by 2037.
For questions regarding NJEJA’s position and related policy concern, please contact Brooke Helmick, Director of Policy at brooke@njeja.org.
Read the full letter below.
On July 19, the Climate Justice Alliance submitted a letter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations to voice opposition to a House spending bill which contained more than 80 poison-pill riders, would undercut environmental justice protections, and undermine advancements in equity and inclusion. NJEJA joined our colleagues at the Climate Justice Alliance as well as key allies in signing on and offering our support to CJA for this letter.
For questions regarding NJEJA’s position and related policy concern, please contact Brooke Helmick, Director of Policy at brooke@njeja.org.
Read the full letter below.
On July 30, the Equitable and Just National Climate Platform submitted a letter to Senators Joe Manchin and John Barasso regarding their 2024 permitting reform bill. The bill, if enacted, would risk EJ priorities under the IRA and risk increasing oil and gas lease sales, as well as drilling and mining projects. Instead, investments should prioritize clean, renewable transmission infrastructure.
For questions regarding NJEJA’s position and related policy concern, please contact Brooke Helmick, Director of Policy at brooke@njeja.org.
Read the full letter below.
On April 18, the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance and environmental partners submitted a letter to NJ Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin highlighting our unified opposition to chemical recycling. We do not support any project that employs chemical recycling or similar processes as it does not constitute genuine recycling, and in fact leads to increased pollution, safety risks for workers and host communities, and does not offer a real solution to the problem of plastic pollution.
In an effort to demonstrate our solidarity on this issue, inform our elected officials regarding the dangers of this technology, and oppose it’s development in our state, we submitted this letter on the matter. Read our letter below.
It has been one year since I assumed leadership of NJ’s premiere statewide organization dedicated to Environmental Justice since its founding 19 years ago. I am truly pleased with the progress we’ve made this year and I’d like to take this opportunity to share a few thoughts.
First, our deep condolences to all of those who have lost loved ones in the past year. The cumulative im- pacts of environmental pollution combined with social determinants of health like race, income and zip code during the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, made life even more tenuous in EJ Communities.
We simultaneously found our entire EJ movement under threat…
First, our deep condolences to all of those who have lost loved ones in the past year. The cumulative im- pacts of environmental pollution combined with social determinants of health like race, income and zip code during the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, made life even more tenuous in EJ Communities.
We simultaneously found our entire EJ movement under threat…
