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:

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DEP Must Reject the PVSC Proposal for Another Power Plant in Newark

On October 29, NJEJA submitted comments to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection in the public comment period regarding PVSC’s permit proposal for the construction of another power plant in the Ironbound Community of Newark, NJ. For years, community members and advocacy groups have been clear: we cannot afford to have another power plant in Newark. Another plant would risk exacerbating already disproportionate levels of air pollution, contribute to cumulative impacts, and continue to bring negative health outcomes to residents in the surrounding area.

As was said in our letter to the board of commissions, “High rates of asthma, cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and reproductive issues already plague the Ironbound community. Moving forward with this project would be a direct and disrespectful disregard for the health of the people who live, play, and work in this community. It would continue the harms of environmental racism and exacerbate the climate crisis.”

Read our full comments below:

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