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| New Jersey is under the gun to make good on a commitment made to the nine other states in the region to implement the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). |
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| We applaud Sens. Lieberman and Warner for their leadership on global warming. Time is running out to stop the worst effects of global warming, and this bill is an important starting point for action. |
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| TRENTON – On the eve of the Live Earth Concerts for a Climate in Crisis Governor Jon S. Corzine signed legislation adopting proactive and ambitious goals for the reduction of green house gas emissions in New Jersey. The legislation calls for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, approximately a 20 percent reduction, followed by a further reduction of emissions to 80 percent below 2006 levels by 2050. New Jersey is only the third state in the nation make greenhouse gas reduction goals law and these provisions were previously set in Executive Order 54 which the Governor signed in February. |
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| On the final day of votes before their summer break, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Global Warming Response Act (A3301/S2114). |
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| As the New Jersey Legislature considers passage of a ground-breaking bill to cap global warming pollution, Environment New Jersey released a new report today detailing the impact of global warming across the state. The report, “An Unfamiliar State: Local Impacts of Global Warming in New Jersey,†shows how life in New Jersey could be irrevocably altered by rising seas, severe flooding, health-threatening temperatures and air pollution, pest infestation, species decline and challenges to critical public infrastructure. |
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| Elementary, middle and high school students hailing from across the state stood with their parents, teachers and state legislators today to receive awards for the best submissions in Environment New Jersey’s first-ever Earth Day Essay Contest. Students wrote essays about "Why We Need to Stop Global Warming" and were encouraged to include their opinions about how elected leaders can help solve the problem. |
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| Environment New Jersey launches Earth Day essay contest |
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| Global warming pollution in New Jersey increased by 14 million metric tons between 1990 and 2004, a 13% increase, according to “The Carbon Boom,†a new analysis of state fossil fuel consumption data released today by Environment New Jersey. This is the first time that 2004 state-by-state data on carbon dioxide emissions have been analyzed comprehensively.
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| Trenton, NJ — Approximately 20 to 30 percent of plant and animal species are at increasing risk of extinction if the global average temperature increases by another 2.2 to 4 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a major consensus report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC is a United Nations body charged with assessing the scientific record on global warming. |
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| In a landmark decision in one of the most important environmental cases ever heard by the Supreme Court, the Court ruled today that the Clean Air Act gives the U.S. EPA the authority to regulate carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants from cars. |
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| Next Step: Assembly Floor Vote |
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| West Orange, NJ – One week after Governor Corzine signed an Executive Order establishing science-based global warming pollution reduction goals for New Jersey, the state Assembly Environment Committee will hold the first legislative hearing on the Global Warming Response Act (A3301/S2114), ground-breaking legislation that will turn the Governor’s short-term reduction goal into law. Specifically, the bill will require a cap on global warming pollution to below 1990 levels by the year 2020, about a 20 percent reduction below current levels. |
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| Governor Corzine issued an Executive Order today establishing goals to reduce New Jersey's global warming emissions by 20% below current levels by 2020 and 80% by 2050. |
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| Governor Jon S. Corzine today signed an Executive Order to adopt proactive and ambitious goals for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in New Jersey. |
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| The world’s scientists are more than 90% certain that human activity – primarily burning fossil fuels to power cars, power plants, and factories – is responsible for most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century, according to a consensus report released early this morning by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body charged with assessing the scientific record on global warming. |
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| Assemblywoman Linda Stender and Senator Barbara Buono call on fellow legislators to join effort to reduce level of greenhouse gases in New Jersey.
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| Washington, DC—Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today will introduce the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act, a bill that provides the U.S. a long-term solution to global warming. |
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| Trenton, NJ — The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments today in a landmark global warming case. The case will decide whether the Clean Air Act authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate the pollution that causes global warming. |
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| Trenton, NJ—Environment New Jersey joined former Governor Jim Florio, Senator Barbara Buono and a host of local elected officials, businesses, and organizations from across the state to highlight the breadth and depth of the Global Warming Solutions Coalition. The coalition, representing 140 members, delivered a letter to Governor Corzine urging him to pledge to reduce New Jersey’s global warming emissions by 70 percent below current levels by 2050 and to work with the state legislature to pass the Global Warming Response Act (A3301/S2114), requiring mandatory reductions of the state’s emissions to below 1990 levels by 2020.
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| Environment New Jersey renewed its ongoing call today on Governor Corzine to develop a global warming action plan for the state. That action
plan, said the group's Executive Director, should have been the priority item on the Governor's agenda for today's closed door meeting with insurance and finance industry leaders. |
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| Environment New Jersey joined global warming scientists and religious clergy in cities across the state today to release a new report on global warming solutions entitled A Blueprint for Action: Policy Options to Reduce New Jersey’s Contribution to Global Warming. The report details 11 policy strategies, in addition to four steps New Jersey has already taken, that will cut the state’s emissions of carbon dioxide—the leading greenhouse gas—by 7.4 percent below 2005 levels in the next two decades. The report release was also part of a statewide launch of Environment New Jersey, the new home of NJPIRG’s environmental work, and an ongoing campaign calling on Governor Corzine to pledge to reduce New Jersey’s global warming emissions by 70 percent by 2050. |
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| Wednesday night, in the final days of California’s legislative session, Governor Schwarzenegger and the state legislature reached an agreement on California’s historic global warming bill, the Global Warming Solutions Act, AB32 (Nunez/Pavley). |
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| Energy companies are planning to build over 150 coal-fired power plants across the United States, according to Making Sense of the ‘Coal Rush, a report released on July 20 by NJPIRG, the NJEF, the Sierra Club of New Jersey, and environmental groups in over 20 other states. |
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| After knocking on tens of thousands of doors across New Jersey, educating the public about global warming, canvassers from New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) made a personal visit to the Governor’s office on July 13. |
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| Global warming pollution in New Jersey jumped 36% between 1960 and 2001, according to "The Carbon Boom," a new analysis of government data released on June 20 by the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG). |
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| New Jersey Public Interest Research Group released New Jersey’s top five coastal treasures threatened by under water submersion and chronic flooding as a result of global warming and related sea level rise. |
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| lean Cars programs adopted by New Jersey and 9 other states to limit greenhouse gas pollution from cars will reduce global warming emissions in 2020 by 64 million metric tons per year, an amount greater than the national emissions of more than 140 nations. |
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| New Jersey took action on two landmark global warming solutions on December 20 that cut carbon dioxide emissions from both power plants and automobiles. Both break new ground as the first ever steps needed to regulate in-state sources of carbon dioxide emissions. |
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| Governors of seven Northeast states, including New Jersey, on December 20 unveiled a pioneering bipartisan accord that will cut heat-trapping global warming emissions from the region’s power plants and create new investment in cleaner, more efficient energy technology. |
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| NJPIRG applauds Governor Codey and the DEP for adopting the regulations on October 18 that will give New Jersey the opportunity to regulate global warming emissions. |
