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Trenton –  Environment New Jersey today endorsed Barack Obama for President, citing his clear and bold solutions to our current energy woes and strong commitment to the protection of our environment. 

“Senator Obama has publicly committed to fully addressing the pressing problem of global warming and moving the United States toward a new energy future.  He has made clean energy one of the top issues of his campaign and as a public servant at the state and federal levels has a long and consistent record of supporting the environment,” said Dena Mottola Jaborska, Executive Director, of Environment New Jersey. 

Environment New Jersey’s endorsement was coordinated with Environment America and the federation of 25 other state environmental organizations with more than 750,000 members and activists nationally.  Environment New Jersey has received significant support from members who sent in comments in response to our endorsement decision over the last few weeks, including; 

·        “Barack Obama - the best choice for his commitment to the environment and removing our dependence on oil,”Paul Dlugos of Maywood, NJ. from

·        “Barack Obama offers the best chance for advancing environmental progress.  We need to do as much as we possibly can to see to it that he is our next president.  Endorse please and work to make it happen,” from Barbara O’Donnell of Rumson, NJ.

·        “Obama is the clear choice in this race,” from Dennis Fox of Basking Ridge, NJ.

As a part of its endorsement, Environment New Jersey released a video of a sampling of members across the country making the case for Senator Obama as the next environmental president in their own words.  The video can be viewed athttp://www.environmentamerica.org/issues/election-2008. 

Over his career as a U.S. Senator, Obama has voted with Environment New Jersey 86% of the time, including achieving a 90% on the 2008 Environment America Congressional scorecard.  His one vote missed in our 2008 scorecard was an absence rather than a vote in opposition. 

By comparison, Senator McCain has an extremely disappointing lifetime voting score of 30 percent for votes scored by Environment New Jersey.  John McCain has voted against requiring polluters to pay for clean-up of toxic waste sites; he voted against the public’s right to know about pollution in their communities; and Senator McCain has voted to weaken safe drinking water protections.  

“Despite his willingness to buck his party on the existence of global warming which we very much appreciate, John McCain just isn’t the president we need to reverse eight years of the anti-environmental Bush Administration,” said Mottola Jaborska.

Environment New Jersey’s national federation has prepared a report on the environmental records of both candidates, including their lifetime environmental voting records, which is available at http://www.environmentamerica.org/issues/election-2008. 

Environment New Jersey is committed to working with our federation of state organizations to mount an aggressive effort to secure a victory for Barack Obama including grassroots outreach to our members and the public.

“Barack Obama is clearly the best choice for protecting New Jersey’s environment and breaking through Washington’s addiction to Big Oil and the polluter lobby,” concluded Mottola Jaborska.