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Comments on the Kuehne Company, Kearny Permit Application
NJEJA, along with signed partners, respectfully submit these comments under the New Jersey EJ Law to the Kuehne Company in Kearny, New Jersey regarding their Title V Operating Permit.
Our thanks to Camden for Clean Air, Clean Water Action, Earthjustice, the EJ Committee of the Metuchen-Edison-Piscataway Branch of the NAACP, the EJ Committee of the NJ State Conference of the NAACP, Environment New Jersey, Ironbound Community Corporation, Newark Science and Sustainability, New School Tishman Environment and Design Center, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, NY/NJ Baykeeper, Operation Grow, South Ward Environmental Alliance, Surfrider, and Waterspirit for signing on to these comments.
For questions and additional support on NJ EJ Law engagement, please reach out to us at info@njeja.org
Read our full set of comments below:
NJEJA Joins Environmental and EJ Groups to Comment on the EPA’s Proposal to Repeal the Endangerment Finding
Last month, EPA Adminstrator Lee Zeldin and the Trump Administration have proposed a formal repeal of the EPA’s Endangerment Finding. As it currently works, the Endangerment Finding created a formal obligation for the EPA to limit greenhouse gas pollution under the Clean Air Act. This obligation a critical cool in protecting communities and combatting climate change.
In response, the Equitable and Just National Climate Platform, Climate Justice Alliance, Environmental Justice Leadership Forum, Moving Forward Network, and the Environmental Justice Health Alliance have collaborated to create comments opposing the repeal of the endangerment finding and a suite of other administrative actions rolling back community protections.
For questions, please reach out to us at info@njeja.org
Read our full set of comments below:
NJEJA Statewide Policy Platform for the 2025 Governor’s Race
As voting residents across the state of New Jersey gear up for the 2025 Gubernatorial election, NJEJA is proud to publish our Statewide Policy Platform which details areas of concerns and consideration for both candidates. We believe that the issue of racial and environmental justice should transcend political and party lines, as the right to clean air, water, and land is not only immutable but fundamental to the wellbeing of every person.
We are grateful to the 15 organizations and counting, who have endorsed this platform and stand as partners and allies to the environmental justice movement in the Garden State. We welcome further conversation from candidates, elected/appointed officials, and any person who wishes to learn more about the history of environmental justice and how our work looks to build us towards a Just Transition.
For questions, please reach out to us at info@njeja.org.
Our NJEJA Statewide 2025 Policy Platform
Our Letter to DEP on the Second Decision Under the Landmark Environmental Justice Law
Shortly after the release of the NJ Department of Environmental Protection first of it’s kind decision under the landmark 2020 Environmental Justice Law and subsequent rules, the DEP has released it’s second decision. The decision concerns the application of the Corning Pharmaceutical Glass, LLC facility in Vineland, NJ.
As before, while we are glad to see another decision released and the rules continue to be enforced, NJEJA and our partners have concerns regarding the components of the decision and – from our perspective – DEP’s decision to not be as protective as possible of EJ communities.
To voice these concerns and to spotlight areas of possible improvement, NJEJA and our partners wrote a letter to address our thoughts and identify points in which we thought that the EJ Law could have been more robustly enforced. This letter has been sent to 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 Corning Pharmaceutical Glass, LLC decision:
Read NJEJA’s Comments on the NJ BPU Energy Resource Adequacy Technical Conference
As part of NJEJA’s aim to provide EJ guidance and technical expertise as well as educational materials to governmental agencies, bodies, and decision makers, we submitted comments regarding the New Jersey Board of Public Utility’s Resource Adequacy Technical conference. These comments were aimed at supporting the BPU in understanding the EJ perspective on different types of energy and call on the BPU to prioritize clean energy projects including more solar (both large scale and community-level), on- and offshore wind, battery storage, virtual power plants, and small-scale hydro-electric.
For questions, please reach out to us at info@njeja.org
Read our full set of comments below:
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:
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:
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:
Read NJEJA’s Comments on the NJ BPU Triennium 3 Stakeholder Meeting
As part of ongoing engagement regarding the New Jersey Board of Public Utility’s Triennium process, the BPU solicited comments on updates to the program. NJEJA offered our support and guidance based on our work, experience, and relationships with community partners to articulate support for community-centered building decarbonization work and horizontal integration of all stakeholder groups including residents, tenants, and community-based organizations.
For questions, please reach out to us at info@njeja.org
Read our full set of comments below: