Rally for a “Climate Crisis Master Plan”
Rally for a “Climate Crisis Master Plan”
Coalition calls for energy master plan to be bolder and bigger
NEWARK, N.J.– A broad range of citizen, community, environmental justice, labor and activist groups will join state legislators and officials at a press conference and rally for a more ambitious state plan to tackle the climate crises. Prior to the Newark stakeholder meeting on the state’s Energy Master Plan, these diverse groups will gather to call for a master plan with true vision that responds to the urgency of the crises and claims the opportunity to further environmental and economic justice.
Who: Working Families Party of New Jersey, 32BJ SEIU, Citizen Action, Ironbound Community Corporation, People’s Organization for Progress, NJ Environmental Justice Alliance, Newark EC, South Ward Alliance, Newark NAACP, Weequahic Park Association, Empower NJ Coalition, Don’t Gas the Meadowlands, Roseland Against the Compressor Station, and more.
What: Public hearing and rally for a real climate and clean energy plan for New Jersey
Date and Time: Thursday, August 8th | Rally starts at noon | EMP Plan Hearings from 1pm-7pm.
Location: Seton Hall University School of Law, 1 Newark Ctr, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Facebook Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1070356216500688/
We do not have time to waste. In the face of scientific evidence and a federal governmental waging an anti-environment war, New Jersey needs a bold plan to end our reliance on fossil fuels, dramatically boost renewable energy, end the pollution of our air and water and create family sustaining union jobs in the process. The draft Energy Master Plan takes a step out of the dark era of the Christie Administration but it fails to shine a clear path towards a truly sustainable and healthy future for New Jersey. We can and we must do better.
