By: Orlando Riley, Chairman, Amalgamated Transit Union NJ State Council & Norah Langweiler, Jersey Renews Campaign Organizer, New Jersey Work Environment Council New Jersey suffers from dual problems associated with the same root cause: poor air quality and some of the worst traffic congestion and longest commutes in the country. The cause of this issue [...]
For Immediate Release: February 4, 2020 Contact: Norah Langweiler, NJ Work Environment Council, 609-214-5110 Early this morning, Jersey Renews advocates and Amalgamated Transit Union workers from across the state staged a Day of Action to celebrate Transit Equity Day. Groups convened at transit hubs in North, Central, and South Jersey to bring attention to the [...]
Press Release For Immediate Release: January 14, 2020 Contact: Norah Langweiler, 609-214-5110, nlangweiler@njwec.org Today, the Governor delivered his State of the State address, highlighting change in New Jersey that Jersey Renews and many of our close partners have worked to enact over the past year. We were glad to hear to governor hold steady on his [...]
For Immediate Release: January 6, 2019 Contact: Norah Langweiler, 609-214-5110, nlangweiler@njwec.org Trenton, NJ - On Monday, January 6 the NJ Assembly celebrated the New Year by passing electric vehicle bill A4819. The bill is an essential step to reducing New Jersey’s greenhouse gas emissions, a major portion of which comes from the transportation sector. By setting [...]
For Immediate Release: November 25, 2019 Contact: Norah Langweiler, NJ Work Environment Council, (609) 214-5110 Trenton, NJ - Today, Jersey Renews hosted a day of action to urge legislators to pass the electric vehicle bill S2252/A4819. Supporters gathered in the State House Annex to promote a just transition to an electrified transit system in New Jersey. With [...]
For Immediate Release: November 19, 2019 Contact: Norah Langweiler, NJ Work Environment Council, 908-303-4546 ext. 302 Jersey City - On Tuesday, November 19, Governor Murphy appeared with former Vice President Al Gore to announce an increase of New Jersey’s offshore wind commitment to 7500 megawatts by 2035. This is a marked increase to the original goal of [...]
By Andre Sayegh, Mayor of Paterson, NJ When an array of interests find a collective voice for action on an issue, it’s a sign we are onto something significant. In this way, I am proud to place Paterson as a focal point for this consensus about the health, and environmental and economic benefits of a transition [...]
"NJ Transit must make sweeping updates to its bus operations or face the continuation of a decade-long decline in riders on its most used mass transit service. “More customers ride bus than rail; however, bus does not get the attention it deserves,” said Janna Chernetz, deputy director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, which released [...]
On September 18, Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin and Assemblyman Robert Karabinchak joined with Environment New Jersey Research & Policy Center and Jersey Renews to take electric cars -- and the promise of a zero-carbon transportation future for New Jersey -- for a test drive during National Drive Electric Week. Edison Councilman Coyle, Councilman Patil, and [...]
