NJEL Environmental Awards 2024
Friday November 8th - Click for Details
ABOUT THIS YEARS AWARDS -
Southern New Jersey’s Delaware River region will soon be a manufacturing and transportation hub for offshore wind energy development along the Atlantic Coast. On Friday November 8 the New Jersey Environmental Lobby will honor four individuals who have contributed to New Jersey’s progress toward energy independence and sustainability. They have worked tirelessly to educate others about the environmental and health benefits of wind energy as a replacement for fossil fuels. They have helped residents and public agencies adopt energy and cost savings practices. Now they are facilitating the technical and management skill training that will allow their communities to benefit from the job and contract opportunities provided by the offshore wind energy sector.
For four decades NJEL has done just that for its members and for New Jersey. On issues as varied as clean water regulations, vehicle emissions enforcement,
open space preservation, and increasing the use of renewable energy, NJEL lobbied for laws and regulations that protected New Jersey’s natural resources and
the health of its residents.
NJEL continues to do that as new threats to the environment emerge and as special interests try to roll back decades of progress.
Wastewater brought to New Jersey from out-of-state gas fracking operations—a Federal plan for oil drilling along the Atlantic coast—evidence that plastic litter
is entering the food chain—NJEL is informing its members of the FACTS and speaking up to lawmakers and public officials, as it always has.
