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Assembly Panel Passes Zwicker, Timberlake, & McKeon Measure Establishing Purchasing Preference for Low Embodied Carbon Concrete     (TRENTON) – Throughout the world, cement, a major component in concrete, is responsible for about a quarter of industrial CO2 emission.  To lower the lifecycle of greenhouse gas emission, Assembly Democrats Andrew Zwicker (D-Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset),[...]

Press Releases January 27, 2021, 4:47 pm | in McKeon Legislation Allowing Municipalities to Issue Bonds for Passenger Cars Using Renewable Power Sources Clears Committee   (TRENTON) – Promoting the State’s clean energy goals, Assemblyman John McKeon (D-Essex, Morris) sponsors legislation approved Wednesday in the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee that would allow towns to purchase passenger cars and station wagons driven by municipal employees fueled by renewable energy. The bill (A-2208) would permit counties and municipalities to issue bonds to acq...

Press Releases Vainieri Huttle & Benson Resolution to Make May 23rd “Renewable Energy Day” in New Jersey Clears Assembly Committee January 27, 2021, 4:39 pm | in Vainieri Huttle & Benson Resolution to Make May 23 rd “Renewable Energy Day” in New Jersey Clears Assembly Committee   (TRENTON) – New Jersey continues to make strides toward increasing renewable energy usage.  Wind turbine manufacturing facilities are going to be constructed and the State sees clean energy as a fundamental component to focus on for the future. A resolution (AJR-203), sponsored by ...

Press Releases January 12, 2021, 12:36 pm | in LEADING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP CONGRATULATES ASSEMBLYMAN KENNEDY ON NEW ROLE AS CHAIR OF ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE   TRENTON – The following statement is from Ed Potosnak, Executive Director, New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, congratulating Assemblyman Jim Kennedy in his new role as chair of the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee.   “We congratulate Assemblyman Kennedy on his appointment to Chair of the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee. He has a pro-conservation track re...