For decades, the people of New Jersey have relied on federal and state legislation to protect their natural resources. And for decades, the laws have let them down.  New Jersey water, air, forests, and other special places from the highlands to the pinelands have been allowed to degrade in ways that are harming people’s lives.  A Constitutional provision could help change that.

In New Jersey the right to free speech, freedom of religion and other freedoms are protected as fundamental rights in the state constitution.  But New Jersey has NO constitutional provision protecting environmental rights in the state.

It is believed that establishing a civil environmental right will drive better government decision-making at all levels of government and will prevent situations or conditions in which land becomes too contaminated, water becomes too polluted, and air too dirty to support healthy lives, including a healthy economy.

Right now, the movement needs the Assembly to support and pass Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 85 (ACR85) currently before them. Every Assembly member needs to hear how important this environmental rights amendment is from their voters.