Alliance members are working to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping temperature increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius by reducing emissions, accelerating action, centering equity, and tracking progress. 

Explore New Jersey's policies and actions across the Alliance's 10 key policy areas. Numbers presented below only reflect the number of policies in this database and thus may not reflect all climate policies pursued.

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GHG Targets + Governance

Just Transition + Equity

Industry

Pricing Carbon + Valuing Damages

Electricity

Transportation

Resilience

Natural + Working Lands

Climate Finance

Buildings

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Bill S2607

Expands municipal master plan requirements by mandating that any land use plan element adopted after the bill’s enactment include a climate change-related hazard vulnerability assessment. This assessment must evaluate risks from climate impacts such as sea-level rise, drought, flooding, and storms, and include mitigation measures. The bill also directs the Department of Environmental Protection to provide technical assistance to municipalities preparing these assessments.

Murphy Administration Approves 13 Brownfield Development Areas

The Murphy Administration has approved 13 new Brownfield Development Areas (BDA) across the state as part of the relaunch of the state's nationally recognized BDA program. The program spurs revitalization and economic development by helping communities implement environmental investigation, remediation and redevelopment activities for areas that encompass multiple individual brownfield sites.

The Brownfield Development Area (BDA) Program works in partnership with municipalities and neighborhoods impacted by multiple brownfield sites. The BDA Program coordinates planning, resource acquisition and remediation with a focus on reuse. Individual BDAs are designated through a highly selective application process.

The BDA program is part of The Office of Brownfield Reuse (OBCR).OBCR is charged with coordinating remediation and reuse efforts at specific brownfield sites and piloting innovative approaches to expedite the revitalization process.

Brownfield Development Area Program

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Since 2018, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection and the Office of the Attorney General have been collaborating on an Environmental Justice Enforcement Initiative designed to support communities that have historically suffered some of the worst environmental harms in the state. Lawsuits are filed targeting polluters in overburdened communities to recover pollution damages, stop environmental violations, and accelerate clean-up activities.

Environmental Justice Enforcement Initiative

NJBPU Hires Deputy Director to Lead Clean Energy Equity Work

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) today announced that the agency has hired Crystal Pruitt as the Deputy Director for Clean Energy Equity, where she will be charged with ensuring that New Jersey’s clean energy future is accessible to all residents.