Interested in making your town or school a healthier and greener place to live, work, and play? NJEF can help you implement successful programs including green cleaning, integrated pest management, pesticide free zones, idle free zones, and water/energy conservation. These efforts will also set you on the path to becoming a "Sustainable Jersey" certified town.
Thank you to everyone who participated in NJEF's 23rd annual conference, Clean Green and Working, on Saturday, April 5 at Rutgers University Law School in Newark NJ. The day featured Governor Corzine as our keynote speaker, grassroots environmental awards, green vendors, a unique look at the state of New Jersey's ports in an exciting plenary entitled Grow Green, Grow Smart at NJ Ports, and a wine and cheese reception with NJ's political and environmental leaders.
View the conference program (pdf, 356 kb).
Fill out a conference evaluation form (pdf, 34 kb).
New Jersey is running out of funds for open space, farmland and historic preservation. But borrowing more money is not the answer...
Unfortunately, after 3.5 years of inaction by Governor Corzine, there is push for a short-term funding “fix”. We believe it is likely to fail, hurts chances of adopting a long-term funding stream for open space, and continues the failed borrow and spend practices that put New Jersey into its fiscal mess in the first place. With each successive stop gap, it becomes harder to secure something better.
To our great dismay, Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant, the oldest plant in the country (40 years) recently received a license renewal that allows it to operate for another 20 years without cooling towers.
Even though the Pequannock River is supposed to receive the highest level of protection in the state, the river is suffering from high temperatures, dead fish and low water levels. (Source: The Bergen Record)
Why? For the past 15 years, water laws protecting this river have not been upheld, allowing for the City of Newark to essentially run the river dry.
There are tremendous pressures on New Jersey's water supply that has the state teetering on the brink of being unsustainable. In some cases, New Jersey has been a leader in adopting landmark policies. Unfortunately, we have also been slow to implement course-correcting policies and regulations. We can ill afford to delay. Without water, there is no life, ecology, energy, or economy.
In 2008, NJEF and Clean Water Fund launched the Urban Environmental Institute (UEI), a leadership initiative project in Newark, NJ. The institute was established to create the next generation of urban environmental advocates and build a more sustainable, greener, and economically stable Newark, NJ
New Jersey Environmental Federation (NJEF) is urging New Jersey municipalities and counties to become a Healthy School, Healthy Town by adopting several policies that help reduce toxins, clean the air, reduce global warming, and protect public health.
PFZ's are important for places where children and pets play--public parks, school yards, and home lawns. PFZ provides safe, healthy, LIVING lawns and landscapes that protect the health of children, families, pets, wildlife and the environment from unnecessary exposure to toxic pesticides.
Using the least toxic cleaning products in your home, school, and workplace, while also maintaining a healthy level of cleanliness and disinfection is one of the key elements of this campaign.
The Coalition for Healthy Ports is a broad coalition of environmental, labor, faith, community, environmental justice and business organizations that seek to create sustainable ports in New York and New Jersey. Through our "Kids Clean Air Zones" and "Idle Free Zones" pledge we're urging individuals, schools, and municipalities to help improve New Jersey's air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
New Jersey Environmental Federation and Clean Water Action are working to curb global warming and promote clean energy. It is only by mobilizing people to push for change that we can transform our energy economy—and we can do it.
Working to protect New Jersey's open space, important to the environment and a key cog in the state's economic engine.
To our great dismay, Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant, the oldest plant in the country (40 years) recently received a license renewal that allows it to operate for another 20 years without cooling towers. This means that every day the plant will be allowed to send 1.4 billion gallons of superheated discharge water into Barnegat Bay, release harmful chemicals, and cause fish kills - a clear violation of the federal Clean Water Act.
