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Senate and Assembly Environment Committees Convene to Discuss Climate Change, Potential Impacts on NJ

(TRENTON) – As part of an ongoing discussion on the environmental effects of climate change, the Senate Environment and Energy Committee and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee will meet jointly on Thursday, August 10, 2017 to hear testimony on the latest developments in climate science and its potential impacts in New Jersey.

In addition to receiving public testimony, four policy experts have been invited to speak at the hearing: Professor Anthony Broccoli, Co-Director, Rutgers Climate Institute Environmental Sciences; Professor Edward Lloyd, Evan M. Frankel Clinical Professor of Environmental Law; The Fund for NJ Trustee; Jeanne Herb, Associate Director of the Rutgers Environmental Analysis and Communications Group and facilitator of NJ Climate Adaptation Alliance; and David Kutner, Planning Manager for New Jersey Future.

The joint committee will convene at 10:00 AM at the Lavallette Municipal Building, 1306 Grand Central Avenue, Lavallette, New Jersey.