Global Warming

Lautenberg Responds To State of The Union

SENATOR LAUTENBERG VISITS PNC BANK IN HAMILTON TO ANNOUNCE 'GREEN BUILDINGS' PROVISION BECOMING LAW

SMITH/BUONO BILL TO ENCOURAGE RENEWABLE ENERGY PASSES SENATE

TRENTON – The Senate today approved legislation sponsored by Senators Bob Smith and Barbara Buono that would revise the laws concerning electricity production in New Jersey to encourage expanded use of renewable energy sources.

CHIVUKULA/McKEON GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION BILL CLEARS ASSEMBLY PANEL

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assembly members Upendra J. Chivukula, John F. McKeon, Linda Stender, and Louis Manzo sponsored to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in New Jersey through a regional alliance of 10 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states was released today by an Assembly panel.

“Instead of solar power for Xanadu, electricity will be provided by burning fossil fuels – and that’s apparently okay with the state and the Sierra Club.”

'GLOBAL WARMING RESPONSE ACT' SIGNED INTO LAW

Law Places NJ at Forefront of National Fight to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

(EAST RUTHERFORD) - Legislation Assembly members Linda Stender, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Reed Gusciora, Linda R. Greenstein, and John F. McKeon sponsored to help curb the effects of global warming by establishing an aggressive statewide greenhouse gas reduction plan over the next half century was signed into law today by Governor Jon S. Corzine.

TRENTON – Senator Barbara Buono, the prime sponsor of S-2114, the “Global Warming Response Act,” made the following statement today on the eve of the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium as Governor Jon Corzine signed the bill into law:

“Global warming is the most urgent environmental issue in our lifetime. Failing to consider the long-term impacts of our act

Legislation sponsored by Senator Thomas Kean, and co-sponsored by Assemblyman Eric Munoz and Assemblyman Jon Bramnick, which would implement protocols to reduce the impact of greenhouse gases on global temperatures, was signed into law by Governor Corzine today.  The bill, S-2114/A3301, also known as the Global Warming Response Act, would adopt a multi-pronged approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels  no later than 2020 and to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions do not exceed more than 80 percent of 2006 levels by 2050.

'GLOBAL WARMING RESPONSE ACT'PASSES ASSEMBLY

(TRENTON) - The Assembly today passed landmark legislation that would make New Jersey the second state in the nation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through an aggressive plan to drastically cut global warming over the next half century.  The bill is sponsored by Assembly members Linda Stender, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Reed Gusciora, Linda R. Greenstein, and John F. McKeon.