Pages tagged “Environment”

  • NJ School of Conservation, Sussex college partner up to teach courses

    The New Jersey School of Conservation has joined with Sussex County Community College. The courses will be taught by college personnel starting in June and range from free admission to $20 per course.
    “The courses will cover a variety of environmental topics throughout the property in Stokes State Forest, including fishing, hiking, tree biology and even how to avoid getting lost in the woods.
    Sussex County Democratic Committee

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    May 18, 2021

  • Senate passes bipartisan $35B water infrastructure bill

    All humans deserve access to clean and safe water.
    “The bill would nearly double funding for grants aimed at removing lead from drinking water, from $60 million to $100 million per year. The Biden administration, as part of its infrastructure plan, has pledged to replace the entirety of the nation’s lead pipes. Lead in drinking water has been linked to brain and neurological damage in children, including in the case of Flint, Mich., which saw its water supply contaminated by lead.”
    Sussex County Democratic Committee

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    April 30, 2021

  • Rep. Sherrill Leads Passage of Landmark Conservation Bill

    The Great American Outdoors Act will Help Protect New Jersey’s Open Spaces for Generations to Come

    Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) today led passage of the Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957), bipartisan legislation to permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and address the nearly $12 billion maintenance backlog in our national parks and other land management agencies.

    Sussex County Democratic Committee

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    July 23, 2020

  • Massive and Diverse List of Groups To NJ Assembly: Pass Nation’s Strongest Cumulative Impacts Bill

    An incredibly powerful and diverse array of over 170 organizations, representing hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents including unions, environmental justice, social justice, community, faith-based groups, urban mayors, and an united environmental community called on the NJ State Assembly to pass the strongest possible version of the cumulative impacts bill (S232/A2212) out of committee today and the full Assembly on July 30th. 

    Sussex County Democratic Committee

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    July 22, 2020

  • DEP in another development flap

    New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection appears to be joining the ever-lengthening list of governmental agencies set on destroying what they are supposed to protect, with increasingly concerning implications for Sussex County.

    Sussex County Democratic Committee

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    April 27, 2017

  • Can PennEast be stopped?

    Opponents of the PennEast pipeline appealed this week to Gov. Chris Christie and his administration to block construction of the pipeline, a proposed 115-mile conduit for natural gas to run through Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

    Sussex County Democratic Committee

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    April 07, 2017

  • Environmentalists: Delay Highlands changes until we have Democrat as governor

    The NJ Pinelands Commission on Friday approved construction of a 22-mile natural gas pipeline through the Pine Barrens, home to numerous rare species and filter for some of the purest drinking water in the country. The approval represented a switch in policy attributed to Gov. Chris Christie’s appointees. And now environmentalists, conservationists and others are concerned the same thing will happen to the NJ Highlands, as Christie has stacked the Highlands Commission with pro-development members.

    Sussex County Democratic Committee

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    February 27, 2017

  • NJ ‘green’ groups: Trump’s choices spell disaster

    Led by the NJ chapter of the Sierra Club, environmental activist groups rallied in Newark on Monday to urge U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez to oppose President-elect Trump’s choices to head key departments that control environmental policy. They included 350NJ, Greenpeace, CREDO, Interfaith Power and Light, Beyond Extreme Energy and The Green Party of Essex County.

    Sussex County Democratic Committee

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    January 11, 2017

  • Sussex GOP Opposes Environmental Cleanup

    In 2017, New Jersey voters will decide if the governor and state lawmakers can balance the budget by raiding environmental settlements.

    Sussex County Democratic Committee

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    December 24, 2016

  • Christie’s influence on Trump transition lingers

    Unpopular governor and Trump-sycophant-in-chief Chris Christie may no longer be in charge of the president-elect’s transition team, but his influence lingers on in the choice of Exxon-Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson for secretary of state, charges the Sierra Club.

    Sussex County Democratic Committee

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    December 14, 2016