NJEJA and ICC Provide Comments on BOEM’s EJ Strategic Plan

New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance and the Ironbound Community Corporation submitted comments to the BOEM (the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) regarding their 2024-2028 draft Environmental Justice Strategic Plan. The comments included discussion of important topics related to ocean energy development and community engagement including,

• Recommendations of practices to increase community participation including language justice, compensation, outreach, and hybrid models of engagement
• Support for community organizations facilitating partnership and outreach with community members
• Increase mechanisms for feedback implementation, not just solicitation
• Metrics for monitoring progress towards advancing environmental justice

Read our full comments below: