For Immediate Release: September 17th, 2020 Contact: Berenice Tompkins, cell: 914-564-3094 Trenton - Jersey Renews, a coalition of over sixty labor, environmental, and community organizations, released a letter today to guide the FY21 budget. We believe that New Jersey does not have to choose between recovering from COVID-19 and addressing pollution and climate change -- [...]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 25, 12 p.m. Contact: Berenice Tompkins, Jersey Renews Organizer, 914-564-3094, btompkins@njwec.org Doug O’Malley, Director, Environment NJ, 917-449-6812, domalley@environmentnewjersey.org Debra Coyle McFadden, Executive Director, Work Environment Council of NJ, 609-707-1320 Email: dcoyle@njwec.org Recovery for All: Jersey Renews Releases Roadmap for a Just, Green Recovery to Guide Planning Report Centers Recommendations [...]
Last Friday, June 19th, 2020 -- also known as Juneteenth -- marked the 155th anniversary of the United States officially proclaiming an end to slavery. Yet this year, in 2020, Black Americans are still having to fight for liberation from systematized brutality here in New Jersey and across the country. Jersey Renews stands with the [...]
For Immediate Release: June 16, 2020 Contact: Berenice Tompkins, NJ Work Environment Council, (914) 564-3094 “Big Win for Offshore Wind,” Says Jersey Renews as Murphy Administration Announces Development of New Jersey Wind Port Trenton - Today, Governor Murphy announced the development of the New Jersey Wind Port, the first port in the country to be built [...]
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 [...]