In December member groups of the Coalition for Healthy Ports (CHPs, which NJEF chairs) and dozens of environmentalists, community activists, port drivers, and students conducted a truck count at various locations in the East and South Wards of Newark where port trucks first hit the local streets.

The Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) did a great job organizing truck counting in front of the Hawkins Street School and other neighborhood locations in Newark. Additional truck counting was conducted in the South Ward by the graduates of NJEF's Newark-based Urban Environmental Institute.

Who would have thought this time last year that Barack Obama would be President and our nation would be facing its worst economic crisis since the Depression?

Coupled with the international global warming and New Jersey's multi-year budget crises, we certainly have our hands full!

Fortunately there are solutions. The 2008 federal election results and upcoming 2009 state elections create the opportunity for change.

The ongoing battle to stop the relicensing of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township is entering its third year. The NJEF led coalition of environmental and citizen's groups called STROC is making headway in the courts and in Washington, D.C. Oyster Creek is the oldest operating nuclear power plant in the nation, with the worst environmental and safety record.

• Helped secure changes to New Jersey's new Energy Master Plan (EMP) that shift the state away from relying on traditional fossil and nuclear fuels and instead for substantial increases in the generation of energy from renewable sources and the implementation of comprehensive energy efficiency measures.
• Strengthened the New Jersey Highlands Regional Master Plan (RMP) to regulate development in 1,250 square miles in the New Jersey Highlands region, a valuable area that provides water for 60 percent of the state's residents.
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In this issue:

• Texas Must Conserve Water Now
• Clean Water Action Helps Lift Green Candidates to Victory
• Legislative Session Holds Promise for Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency
• Saving Water This Winter
• Clean Water Action to Participate in Lobby Day
• Texas' Energy Future: Clean Power and Green Jobs
• Tell our leaders to support water conservation

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