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ASSEMBLY PANEL ADVANCES 'GLOBAL WARMING RESPONSE ACT'
Measure Would Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Over 15 Years

(TRENTON) -- Legislation Assembly members Linda Stender, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Reed Gusciora, Linda R. Greenstein, and John F. McKeon sponsored that would direct the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to develop a greenhouse gas emissions monitoring and reduction program was released by the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste committee today by a vote of 7 to 0.

DOHERTY SAYS CORZINE'S QUESTIONABLE GLOBAL WARMING EXECUTIVE ORDER CIRCUMVENTS LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

Assemblyman Michael Doherty today expressed outrage at Governor Corzine's signing of Executive Order 54 which is designed to circumvent the legislative process and implement a number of state policies seeking to address the questionable issue of global warming.

"It's bad enough that we have a state court system that legislates from the bench. Now our Governor is acting unilaterally on an issue which has yet to be definitively proven," said Doherty. "If anything, this is an issue that should be discussed and debated within the Legislature, not a mandate forced upon us by the stroke of the Governor's pen."

Corzine recently signed an Executive Order directing the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a statewide plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050.

Doherty, R-Warren and Hunterdon, sees the moves of the Governor following a U.N. agenda that will make New Jersey even less competitive in the global economy.

"The message is clear, it is going to be more expensive to live in New Jersey, and more difficult to do business here. Washington has been reluctant to enact Kyoto because it does not do anything to generate jobs or enhance the marketability of our products abroad," Doherty added.

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For more information, contact:
Assemblyman Michael Doherty/908-835-0552
Assembly Republican Office/609-292-5339

STENDER: TIME HAS COME TO CONSIDER CURBS AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING

Assemblywoman Drafting Bill to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions in New Jersey

(SCOTCH PLAINS) -- Citing mounting public concerns about the threat of global warming, Assemblywoman Linda Stender today announced that she will introduce legislation that would impose strict limits in New Jersey on the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.