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New Jersey League of Conservation Voters is making the environment a top priority in Trenton.

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LEADING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP APPLAUDS BIDEN APPOINTMENTS TO EPA AND INTERIOR

New Jersey LCV celebrating the historic appointments of Rep. Deb Haaland, first Indigenous American leading the Interior Department and Michael S. Regan,first African American to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

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LEADING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP APPLAUDS RELEASE OF CAMDEN PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PLAN

Congratulations to Camden for its first ever Parks and Open Space Plan, which can ensure residents enjoy the benefits of a healthy environment for years to come.

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LEADING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION DISAPPOINTED WITH DRBC DECISION

New Jersey LCV disappointed that the Delaware River Basin Commission voted to approve LNG permit.

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It’s Time for Fossil Fuel Front Group to Come Clean and Stop Spreading Misinformation in New Jersey

Consumer Energy Alliance helps fossil fuel industry’s campaign to derail and delay, New Jersey’s transition to clean and affordable energy sources like wind and solar.

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LEADING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION CELEBRATES SENATE PASSAGE OF CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY ACT

NJLCV supports legislation that would establish an Office of Clean Energy Equity within the Board of Public Utilities.

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CONGRESSMAN FRANK PALLONE AND SENATOR CORY BOOKER DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL OUTLOOK FOR NEW BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

Congress is positioned to take bold action to combat climate change with a pro-conservation Biden Administration and committed environmental champions like Senators Booker, Menendez, and Congressman Pallone.

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LEADING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION DISAGREES WITH DEP DECISION TO RESUME DRILLING AT FRESHWATER WETLANDS

New Jersey LCV disagrees with decision to reinstate permit for New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) to drill at Southern Reliability Link (SRL) pipeline construction site.

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LEADING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION APPLAUDS NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE LAWSUITS OVER CONTAMINATION OF RIVERFRONT SITES

NJLCV is proud to see lawsuits because Solvay, Arkema Inc.,and Honeywell have been slow to take responsibility for their contamination of public and private water sources.

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NEW JERSEY LCV-ENDORSED ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPIONS WIN BIG IN LOCAL RACES

About half of New Jersey LCV endorsed candidates for local elections, a third of whom were candidates of color and 40% of whom were women, have won their races, so far.

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Environmental Groups Celebrate Passage of Historic Plastics Bill

This nation-leading single-use plastics and paper reduction policy will reduce the 4.4 billion single-use plastic and 1,300 football fields of trees worth of paper bags that New Jerseyans use every year.

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