Environment

Rev. Craig Hirshberg, Rohn Hein, Sally Gellert, and Daphne Speck-Bartynski met with the NJ Environmental Federation Executive Director, Amy Goldsmith on August 29 to discuss areas of mutual interest.  It was agreed to take back to the Task force the idea of working with the Federation to:

• Override the Executive Action of Governor Chris Christie to withdraw NJ from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nation’s first market-based program to reduce global warming pollution.
• Override the Executive Action of Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that gives them broad authority to grant waivers to exempt companies from over 100 environmental regulations.
• Oppose a bill that would push environmental standards back to weaker, federally set levels.
• Oppose bills introduced to further delay or prevent implementation of revised “Water Quality Management Plans” which protect water quality by regulating where sewer and septic systems can go.

All who are interested are invited to join our monthly conference calls on the third Monday of each month at 7:30pm.  Contact for call-in information.