Real Results For New Jersey's Environment

More than 1,000 miles of waterways protected

Overdevelopment has threatened New Jersey waterways in the past, but thanks to the advocacy of our staff and members, since 2003 we have extended safeguards not only to parts of the Toms River, but also to sections of the Musconetcong, Wallkill, Salem and Ramapo rivers, as well as several streams throughout the state.
 

Strongest global warming cuts in the nation

In 2007, Environment New Jersey successfully advocated passage of the strongest global warming pollution cuts in the country. The Global Warming Response Act became law in July 2007.
 

$200 million awarded to preserve natural treasures

While our grassroots mobilization effort to win permanent funds for open spaces is not yet complete, we took a step in 2007, by helping convince the Legislature to enact $200 million in stop-gap funding for open space preservation, while also providing $15 million to $30 million a year for parks.

State funds to clean up dirty diesel

The emissions of 30,000 diesel vehicles in New Jersey will be far cleaner after our field operation and citizen outreach efforts helped secure voter support for a ballot question that allocates state funds to give New Jerseyans cleaner air.
 

State joins Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

New Jersey became the tenth state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). RGGI requires power plants to pay for every ton of carbon dioxide produced and use the proceeds to finance the transition to a clean energy economy.
 

Cleaner, greener cars available

Since our 2004 victory, automakers have been required to produce more clean, advanced technology cars for sale in New Jersey, dramatically reducing pollution from cars, thanks to our determination in getting the Legislature to act on this landmark legislation.
 

Protect waterways from development

In 2006, we convinced Gov. Jon Corzine to expand vegetative buffers to include all waterways statewide. This new regulation will not only prevent all the state’s waterways from becoming more polluted by encroaching development, but will also help prevent flooding.
 

Reduce mercury pollution 90 percent

We protected children from the serious neurological effects of mercury—one the most toxic and most prevalent chemicals found in our environment—when we convinced the governor to reduce mercury emissions from New Jersey’s power plants by 90 percent.
 

Go Big on Wind!

Our “Go Big on Wind!” campaign was extremely successful. Gov. Jon Corzine recently agreed to a plan that makes New Jersey the nation’s leading state on wind power.
 

Stop the developers’ fast-track

A committed coalition of conservation organizations has held back implementation of the pro-developer Fast-Track Bill, since the law was railroaded through the Legislature in 2004. The law is a true rollback of environmental protections that were meant to stop developers from paving over every last portion of our open space.