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| 9/21/2006 | |
| A Blueprint for Action: Policy Options to Reduce New Jersey’s Contribution to Global Warming, details 11 policy strategies, in addition to four steps New Jersey has already taken, that will cut the state’s emissions of carbon dioxide—the leading greenhouse gas—by 7.4 percent below 2005 levels in the next two decades. | |
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| 9/12/2005 | |
| Nine Northeast states from Delaware to Maine are currently working to develop a regional system to limit global warming pollution from power plants. | |
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| 8/31/2005 | |
| Nine Northeast states from Delaware to Maine are currently working to develop a regional cap-and-trade system to limit global warming pollution from power plants. | |
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| 7/1/08 | |
| America is the largest consumer of energy in the world. Almost half of the energy we use—10 percent of the energy in the world—powers our buildings. Most of this energy comes from burning fossil fuels. | |
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| 6/20/2006 | |
| The early effects of global warming are already evident across the United States and worldwide. | |
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| 5/30/2007 | |
| “An Unfamiliar State: Local Impacts of Global Warming in New Jersey,†shows how life in New Jersey could be irrevocably altered by rising seas, severe flooding, health-threatening temperatures and air pollution, pest infestation, species decline and challenges to critical public infrastructure. | |
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| 5/25/2006 | |
| New Jersey Public Interest Research Group released New Jersey’s top five coastal treasures threatened by under water submersion and chronic flooding as a result of global warming and related sea level rise. The areas of the state most at risk are the Meadowlands, Atlantic City, Cape May, Long Beach Island and the Delaware Bay Shore. | |
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| 4/26/2005 | |
| Global warming poses a serious threat to the environment, public health and overall welfare of New Jersey and the rest of the world. | |
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| 4/12/2007 | |
| Global warming pollution in New Jersey increased by 14 million metric tons between 1990 and 2004, a 13% increase, according to “The Carbon Boom,†a new analysis of state fossil fuel consumption data released today by Environment New Jersey. This is the first time that 2004 state-by-state data on carbon dioxide emissions have been analyzed comprehensively. | |
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| 2/8/2006 | |
| Shrinking glaciers, rising global temperatures, increasingly severe storms, and alarming scientific predictions have led to increasing public concern about the impacts of global warming on the environment, health and society. | |
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| 12/05/2007 | |
| New Jersey is one of 10 northeastern states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a first-of-its-kind program to limit global warming emissions from power plants in the Northeast. By adopting strong rules for the implementation of RGGI, New Jersey can maximize the environmental benefits of the program while protecting consumers. | |
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| 10/9/2003 | |
| The majority of scientists are certain that the climate is changing around the world and that humans are causing the transformation. | |
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| 07/22/2008 | |
| The growing threat of global warming, air and water pollution, and rising energy costs are a few of the many problems that result from our current over-reliance on petroleum-based transportation fuels. Alternative transportation fuels, in conjunction with an array of other energy-related strategies, have the potential to help mitigate these problems—if public policy prioritizes those fuels that can deliver the greatest benefit for the environment and the American people. | |
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