Would you like to join in the conversation, find out what’s going on *now* in New Jersey around environmental justice? Then join our statewide call held the 1st Thursday of every month at 12 noon sharp. All are invited.
To join this call please contact co-chair, Peggy Middaugh, at peggymiddaugh@gmail.com or 508-864-3489 for the call in information. Seeing each others’ faces on video link is our preferred way to conduct the call. You can join using your desktop, laptop or smartphone camera and the free, downloadable Zoom app.
Call hosted by Environmental Justice Task Force co-chairs, Peggy Middaugh (UU Congregation of Ocean County) and Ray Nichols (UU in Princeton Congregation).
Would you like to join in the conversation, find out what’s going on *now* in New Jersey around environmental justice? Then join our statewide call held the 1st Thursday of every month at 12 noon sharp. All are invited.
To join this call please contact co-chair, Peggy Middaugh, at peggymiddaugh@gmail.com or 508-864-3489 for the call in information. Seeing each others’ faces on video link is our preferred way to conduct the call. You can join using your desktop, laptop or smartphone camera and the free, downloadable Zoom app.
Call hosted by Environmental Justice Task Force co-chairs, Peggy Middaugh (UU Congregation of Ocean County) and Ray Nichols (UU in Princeton Congregation).
Would you like to join in the conversation, find out what’s going on *now* in New Jersey around environmental justice? Then join our statewide call held the 1st Thursday of every month at 12 noon sharp. All are invited.
To join this call please contact co-chair, Peggy Middaugh, at peggymiddaugh@gmail.com or 508-864-3489 for the call in information. Seeing each others’ faces on video link is our preferred way to conduct the call. You can join using your desktop, laptop or smartphone camera and the free, downloadable Zoom app.
Call hosted by Environmental Justice Task Force co-chairs, Peggy Middaugh (UU Congregation of Ocean County) and Ray Nichols (UU in Princeton Congregation).
Would you like to join in the conversation, find out what’s going on *now* in New Jersey around environmental justice? Then join our statewide call held the 1st Thursday of every month at 12 noon sharp. All are invited.
To join this call please contact co-chair, Peggy Middaugh, at peggymiddaugh@gmail.com or 508-864-3489 for the call in information. Seeing each others’ faces on video link is our preferred way to conduct the call. You can join using your desktop, laptop or smartphone camera and the free, downloadable Zoom app.
Call hosted by Environmental Justice Task Force co-chairs, Peggy Middaugh (UU Congregation of Ocean County) and Ray Nichols (UU in Princeton Congregation).
The Green Earth Ministry (GEM) at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship hosts an environmental rally and screening of the film, ”Paris to Pittsburgh via Morris County” January 26, 2020.
Local and regional environmental justice groups, including NJ Green Amendment and Ray Nichols, co-chair, UU FaithAction NJ Environmental Justice Task Force, will host information tables as well.
Paris to Pittsburgh Flyer3
A coalition of environmental groups that are part of Empower New Jersey, along with Indivisible Princeton, will host an educational forum focused on state-wide energy issues beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton, N.J. Members of the public are invited to attend this free event.
The speakers include leaders of major statewide environmental organizations. They will discuss the dozen new fossil fuel projects proposed throughout New Jersey, including the PennEast Pipeline and the Williams’ Northeast Compressor Stations and proposals by the coalition to combat these projects, including proposals for a moratorium on fossil fuel development and a complete ban on fracking.
Speakers include:
• Amy Goldsmith, N.J. State Director of Clean Water Action, who will discuss Empower New Jersey and campaign overview.
• Doug O’Malley, State Director of Environment NJ, who will discuss environmental issues related to fossil fuels.
• Jeff Tittel, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, New Jersey Chapter, who will discuss the status of the Penn East and NESE projects.
• Matthew Smith, senior organizer of Food and Water Watch will describe how citizens can take action.
• Rev. Bob Moore, of Princeton Community Peace Action.
Empower NJ is a coalition of over 50 environmental, citizen, faith-based, and progressive groups in New Jersey that are calling on Governor Murphy to enact a moratorium on all new fossil fuel projects in New Jersey until there are rules in place to achieve our 100% clean energy goals. The organization has been sponsoring informational forums throughout New Jersey. More information is available at www.empowernewjersey.com.
In addition to Indivisible Princeton, co-sponsors include Princeton Coalition for Peace Action, the Princeton Chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby, and UUCP’s Ministry for Earth.
Two sessions of this public meeting, at 1 p.m. and at 5:30 p.m., so ending time is a best guess for the second session. Event is at the Florio Forum at Rutgers’ Bloustein School.
Public Service presentation on residential solar panels. End time approximate.
The NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection has agreed to demands of Roseland against the Compressor Station, supported by the district’s state legislators, to hold a public hearing on the proposed Gateway Expansion project. If approved, the project would create a massive new fracked-gas compressor station immediately next to an existing compressor in Roseland New Jersey, and would increase the amount and pressure of fracked-gas through a 60+ year old pipeline in Roseland and 15 other Essex County communities.
The company behind the project, Williams Transco, is a major fossil fuel corporation with a long history of environmental violations and deadly explosions. Williams Transco currently has several new fracked-gas pipeline and related infrastructure expansion projects proposed all throughout New Jersey and the region. This public hearing is an opportunity to unite all our individual fights against Williams Transco, and send a clear message to NJDEP and Governor Murphy: No more pipelines through our communities and water sources! Our health and safety must be prioritized over fossil fuel industry profits!
The public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, August 7th at 6pm at the West Essex Regional High School, located at 65 W. Greenbrook Rd. in North Caldwell, NJ.
MEADOWLANDS POWER PLANT CONCERNS — POLITICO’s Danielle Muoio: A proposed power plant that would be built in New Jersey’s Meadowlands and exclusively feed electricity into New York City is facing regulatory headwinds as it moves through the permitting process. Developers of the North Bergen Liberty Generating plant are seeking approval to build a natural gas facility in the town that would feed electricity into midtown Manhattan via an underground cable in the Hudson River. The developers, Diamond Generating Corporation, say the 1,200-megawatt plant would reduce electricity costs for New York ratepayers, boost local coffers, increase reliability and create more than 2,000 temporary construction jobs. Nearby residents and environmental groups say the plant would pollute the environmentally-sensitive Meadowlands region with no gain in local service or reliability. The proposal has received its first set of permits in New Jersey, but it’s facing some hurdles across the river. In recent filings with the New York Public Service Commission, Con Ed and New York City officials expressed concerns over the developer’s permit request to build the transmission line and have called on the PSC to enact a more rigorous review process. The comments indicate that, even if the project appears to be moving forward quickly in New Jersey, several challenges remain in New York.
