NJ Advocates to Testify at Two Major Environmental Hearings Tomorrow, Thursday May 20th

Clean Water Action State Director, Amy Goldsmith, and NJ Board Chair, Janet Tauro, will be testifying tomorrow at the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) hearing on its proposed Advanced Clean Truck rule to electrify trucks and the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing to advance NJ Senate President Sweeney’s bill (S.3688) giving impacted neighboring towns a say in warehouse sitings, respectively. The advocates will be supporting both efforts to promote environmental justice, combat the climate crisis and propose concrete suggestions to make them even stronger and more effective.

Two Events to Cover in One Day

What:   NJDEP hearing on Advanced Clean Truck Rule modelled after the California rule

Where: Virtual: Join at https://www.nj.gov/dep/njpact/

When:  Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 9 AM

Testifier: Amy Goldsmith, NJ State Director, Clean Water Action

What:   Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing on S.3688 (Sweeney/Singleton)
https://njleg.state.nj.us/bills/billsbynumber.asp

Where: NJ State House Annex Committee Room 4 on the First Floor (in person)

When:  Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 2 PM

Testifier: Janet Tauro, NJ Board Chair, Clean Water Action

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Since the organization’s founding during the campaign to pass the landmark Clean Water Act in 1972, Clean Water Action has worked to win strong health and environmental protections by bringing issue expertise, solution-oriented thinking, and people power to the table. www.cleanwater.org/nj