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Most Recent NewsCoalition Working to Protect Barnegat Bay Urges NJDEP to Require Exelon Corp. to End Power Plant Damage to Bay 3/03/2010Trenton — A coalition of environmental groups, fishing interests, and members of the public concerned about the health of Barnegat Bay and the Jersey Shore’s livelihood are all calling on Exelon, the owner of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, to stop harming the Bay with continued operation of antiquated “once-through cooling” technology. Toward a Clean Energy Future 1/27/2010Environment New Jersey, joined by clean energy businesses and advocates, today released a report titled Toward A Clean Energy Future: The Vision, the Track Record, and the Challenge Ahead for New Jersey’s Leaders. It detailed New Jersey’s clean energy progress to date, and laid out a practical, forward-looking blueprint for Governor Christie and the New Jersey Legislature to follow. Gov Corzine Signs Solar Energy Advancement Act 1/18/2010Governor Corzine today signed the Solar Energy Advancement Act into law. Supporters say the legislation reaffirms New Jersey’s commitment to solar power, creates greater security in the New Jersey solar market, and significantly expands the state’s long-term solar power requirements. Most Recent ReportsToward a Clean Energy Future 1/27/2010Over the past decade, New Jersey has taken important steps on the road to a clean energy future. These initiatives are now delivering results – conserving energy, reducing our contribution to global warming, protecting our air and water quality and improving public health. However, at the beginning of the new decade, the state of New Jersey’s commitment to a clean energy future is less certain. Dirty energy companies are once again lining up at New Jersey’s doorstep. Newly elected Governor Chris Christie faces a choice: follow through on building a 21st century clean energy future for New Jersey, or slide back into the dirty energy patterns of the past. America on the Move 12/03/2009As world leaders prepare to meet in Copenhagen to develop a plan of action to combat global warming, all eyes are on the United States. The United States has gained a reputation, exacerbated during the presidency of George W. Bush, of obstructionism in the fight against global warming. But, over the last decade, America’s state governments, including New Jersey's, have taken the nation on a different course. Generating Failure: How Building Nuclear Power Plants Would Set America Back in the Race Against Global Warming 11/25/2009Far from being a solution to global warming, nuclear power will actually set America back in the race to reduce pollution. Nuclear power is too slow and too expensive to make enough of a difference in the next two decades. Moreover, nuclear power is not necessary to provide clean, carbon-free electricity for the long haul. The up-front capital investment required to build 100 new nuclear reactors could prevent twice as much pollution over the next 20 years if invested in energy efficiency and clean, renewable energy instead. Taking into account the ongoing costs of running the nuclear plants, a clean energy path would deliver as much as five times more progress for the money. Our Issues in the NewsN.J. spews key pollutant at record rate 11/13/2009New Jersey continued to spew more carbon dioxide into the air each year between 2004 and 2007 even as New York and Pennsylvania cut their emissions, an Environment New Jersey study has found. New Jersey emitted 133 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2007 alone, an all-time high. Linden council votes down plan for PurGen coal plant 10/21/2009The Linden City Council last night voted down a memorandum that, if approved, would have opened the door to a controversial coal plant. Rachel Kohl, a global warming associate with Environment New Jersey, said her group hopes it “sets the tone for any further pursuit of new coal plants in Linden or the state of New Jersey.” Environmental groups, labor union urge N.J. lawmakers to push energy efficiency 9/09/2009Two leading environmental groups and a large labor union joined in Trenton today, urging New Jersey's Congressional leaders to push stronger energy efficiency provisions in proposed federal climate change legislation, citing a new report that claims such measures could create 539,000 jobs in the next 20 years. |
