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Already more than 15,000 New Jerseyans have sent comments to state leaders opposing Gov. Christie's decision to withdraw from RGGI. More than a hundred others joined us for rallies across the state.

Report | Environment New Jersey

A Record of Leadership

Over the last decade, northeastern states have built a track record of successful action to reduce global warming pollution. By working together
across state lines and partisan divides—and developing innovative new policies to hasten the transition to a clean energy economy—the Northeast has succeeded in
cutting emissions while safeguarding the region’s economic health.
Between 2000 and 2009, the 10 northeastern states1 that participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) cut per capita carbon dioxide

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News Release | Environment New Jersey

As Emissions in Northeast States Decline, Economic Growth Outpaces Nation

A new report by Environment New Jersey released today highlights the role that clean energy and environmental policies have played in moving states toward meeting targets for reducing global warming emissions, while challenging claims that actions that reduce emissions undermine economic growth.  

According to “A Record of Leadership: How Northeastern States are Cutting Global Warming Pollution and Building a Clean Economy,” New Jersey and the 9 other states that participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have cut per capita carbon dioxide emissions 20 percent faster than the rest of the nation, even as the region’s gross product per capita grew 87 percent faster than the rest of the United States. 

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News Release | Environment New Jersey

8.5 Million Pounds of Toxic Chemicals Dumped into New Jersey’s Waterways

Industrial facilities dumped 8.5 million pounds of toxic chemicals into New Jersey’s waterways, making New Jersey’s waterways the 12th worst in the nation, according to a new report released today by Environment New Jersey. 

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Report | Environment New Jersey Research and Policy Center

Wasting our Waterways 2012

Industrial facilities dumped 8.5 million pounds of toxic chemicals into New Jerseys’s waterways, making New Jersey’s waterways the 12th worst in the nation, according to a new report released today by Environment New Jersey. 

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Report | Environment New Jersey

In the Path of the Storm

With extreme weather events increasingly common in New Jersey and across the United States, Environment New Jersey released a new report.  The report documents extreme weather events in every county in New Jersey, and discusses the likely consequences of future disasters as a result of a warming world.

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