About Environment New Jersey
We’re your state environmental group, protecting the places we love, advancing the environmental values we share, and winning real results for our environment.
Who We Are
Environment New Jersey is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. We believe there’s something special about New Jersey — something worth protecting and preserving for future generations. Whether it's relaxing at Cape May, playing Frisbee at Great Swamp, or hiking through our northern mountains, New Jersey's natural wonders enrich our lives in countless ways. Yet the places we love and the environmental values so many of us share are too often threatened by powerful industries, shortsighted politicians and more. Defending our environment requires independent research, tough-minded advocacy and spirited grassroots action.
That’s the idea behind Environment New Jersey. Together with thousands of supporters from all walks of life, we take the kind of action that wins tangible results for our environment.
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What We Do
Funded by supporters like you, we research the challenges confronting New Jersey's environment and educate the public about what’s at stake. Through our research reports, news conferences, interviews with reporters, op-ed pieces, letters to the editor and more, we raise awareness of environmental issues and promote sensible solutions. Our canvassers meet people where they are — in public places or door to door — raising awareness, recruiting new supporters and activists, and raising funds to support our work.
When decisions are being made about New Jersey's environment, our elected officials hear plenty from the oil companies, developers and other powerful interests. We make the case for our environment and help people like you make your voice heard, through petitions, emails, letters, phone calls and more, all delivered to the right people just when it matters most.
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Results
Environment New Jersey has a track record of winning real results for our environment:
- Protecting the Jersey Shore and Barnegat Bay. Beaches from Cape May to Ocean City will have less of the fertilizer pollution that can contribute to Jersey Shore beach closings and Barnegat Bay algae blooms, thanks to two new laws that we helped get enacted.
- $400 million to preserve open spaces. In 2009, we helped convince voters to approve $400 million in funding for open space preservation, ensuring that these special places will be protected for years to come. In fact in the last decade we helped secure almost one billion for parks and open space preservation..
- Taking big steps toward offshore wind. We're calling for development of offshore wind farms that can power 1 million New Jersey homes with clean, homegrown energy. Thanks to a law we helped enact, we're on our way, with plans to build enough wind turbines to power 360,000 homes.