Gateway Group, NJ Sierra Club

11/04/2020

Governor Murphy signed the Plastic Bag Ban

https://www.nj.com/news/2020/11/plastic-bags-banned-in-nj-as-murphy-signs-new-law.html

10/26/2020

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/10/nj-transit-drops-kearny-natural-gas-plant-chooses-renewable-energy-option/?nbsp%3B&utm_source=NJ%20Spotlight%20%20Master%20List&utm_campaign=87c41ef787-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_10_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1d26f473a7-87c41ef787-398675993&ct=t%28EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_10_23_2020%29&mc_cid=87c41ef787&mc_eid=d63781ffb4

Opponents of the agency’s controversial plan to build a natural gas plant in Kearny said it ran counter to the Murphy administration’s energy goals.

10/22/2020

To improve our only planet, farmers should be allowed to grow h**p:
- H**p grows quickly and is harvestable in six months.
- One acre of h**p produces 25 % more oxygen than one acre of forest, ensuring a cellulose supply of about twice as much.
- Paper production from h**p could save millions of acres of forest every year.
- H**p can be used to used as a biofuel.
- Wood made from the stems are 20% stronger than oak.
- The carbon sequestration is 15 tonnes per hectare.
- H**p fabric is more durable than cotton.
And...
H**p is easy to grow without poisons or heavy fertilization. Some farmers say that it grows like a w**d.

For more information, see this paper from Purdue University: https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-284.html

09/28/2020

Trump Fails On Air Pollution

The Trump administration's new proposal for smog pollution is to literally do nothing -- another botched response during a time that demands radical change.

09/25/2020

Great news for the environment in NJ. Plastic Bag Ban Needs Gov Murphy’s Signature! Calls to the governor are needed. (609) 292-6000

The measure is meant to curb plastic pollution, which has inundated New Jersey's beaches, riverfronts and water supplies.

09/23/2020

Good news for Newark

MAYOR BARAKA ANNOUNCES FINAL STAGE OF NEWARK LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM; CITY, COUNTY AND STATE OFFICIALS TOUT CITY’S FISCAL INNOVATION : Financing Our Infrastructure Future Event falls 12 months after historic bond deal between City and Essex County Newark, NJ – Septemb...

09/11/2020

Manufacturers must be held responsible for the waste they create and lawmakers must regulate what can be made. Everything must be easily recycled.

An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.

09/11/2020

Bipartisan US Congress acts to save our environment in opposition to Trump’s anti regulation stance. Hopefully Congress can pass these regulations and get Trump to sign.

09/10/2020

Delaware River Fracked Gas LNG Terminal Must Be Stopped. Sign and share this petition.

The Delaware River Basin Commission was established in 1961 by the Governors of your states and President Kennedy to protect this vital river basin that provides drinking water for over 15 million people. Yet right now the DRBC is failing to live up to its mandate with New Fortress Energy’s Liquif...

09/04/2020

LIBERTY STATE PARK NEEDS YOU! RALLY for the LSP Protection Act on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 12pm Noon at LSP’s southside Flag Plaza Lawn to urge Gov. Murphy to publicly support the Act and for legislators to pass the Act and to Save LSP’s Caven Point Natural Area. Filthy rich Fireman, what part of URBAN PUBLIC LAND BEHIND LADY LIBERTY don't you understand? Masks and social distancing is required by the Gov. (GPS is 200 Morris Pesin Drive- eastern end of Drive) The flyer is also linked from our websitehttp://www.folsp.org/rally_9_12_20.pdf

09/03/2020

NJ AG and DEP are suing 12 polluters.
There have been previous suits as well.
Polluters must be held accountable.

Attorney General, Department of Environmental Protection file 12 "Environmental Justice" lawsuits.