On Monday, August 20 Jersey Renews and the Business Network for Offshore Wind hosted Time for Turbines: What a Difference a Year Makes at the ACUA Wastewater Treatment Facility in Atlantic City. Last year, offshore wind advocates were advocating for the need for offshore wind without the support of our governor. This year, the [...]
Register Now! Date: Monday, August 20 Time: 9:00 am Location: 1802 Absecon Blvd. Atlantic City, NJ Details: Light lunch to follow. Facility Tours Available. Free to Attend. Please RSVP.
This week, the Trump administration has begun efforts to rollback Clean Car Standards and reduce the agency of states to create their own, more intensive regulations for vehicle emissions like the California Clean Cars Program, of which New Jersey is a part. The transportation sector is the largest source of pollution in the country. In [...]
For Immediate Release: July 19, 2018 Contact: Norah Langweiler, NJ Work Environment Council, (609) 214-5110 Time for Turbines: Labor, Faith & Enviro Leaders Urge NJ To Continue Moving Forward on Offshore Wind at NJBPU Hearing Trenton – This morning, Jersey Renews, represented by a number of advocates from the diverse coalition of more than 60 labor, faith, and [...]
For Immediate Release: June 13, 2018 Contact: Norah Langweiler, NJ Work Environment Council, 908-303-4546 ext. 302 Electrification Now: Labor, Environment, & Faith Leaders Demand Electrification of NJ Transit Fleet Newark, NJ –On Wednesday, June 13 the Jersey Renews coalition, represented by a crew of delegates from the broad and varied base of supporters, testified at the NJ [...]
On Monday, May 21, more than 20 Newark clergy and more than 50 other community members gathered at Mount Olivet Baptist Church to bless electric vehicles and for a symposium about the public health and environmental benefits of electric transportation. Local pastors Rev. Ronald Tuff and Pastor Bryant R. Ali led an Electric Vehicle [...]
Jersey Renews has three top goals: reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing clean energy infrastructure, and ensuring good, family-sustaining jobs. In New Jersey, nearly 50% of all greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector. Light-duty vehicles, like the standard family car, are the dominant source of transportation emissions but heavy-duty vehicles, like diesel trucks [...]
Press Release For Immediate Release: May 14, 2018 Contact: Dan Fatton, NJ Work Environment Council, 908-303-4546 Norah Langweiler, NJ Work Environment Council, 908-303-4546 ext. 302 Jersey Renews Launches Business Affiliates: Business Community Joins Labor, Faith, & Environmental Organizations Demanding State Action on Climate Change Trenton, NJ - Jersey Renews announced endorsements of its platform from [...]
"The Trump administration has taken significant steps backward on climate policies from abandoning the Paris climate agreement to loosening emissions regulations on vehicles to removing the word “science” from the EPA’s mission statement altogether. But the science of climate change cannot be scrubbed so easily. As the effects of climate change become a reality, we [...]
On Sunday, April 22, Several hundred workers and allies attended the Workers' Memorial Day rally and march through New Brunswick, earning cheers and solidarity fists as they marched along their route through residential and commercial districts of the city. Jersey Renews partnered with New Labor, the New Jersey Work Environment Council, and United Steelworkers to [...]
