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

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A4619 / S3479:

Enhances the Historic Property Reinvestment Act and the Brownfields Redevelopment Incentive Program Act to support historic preservation and further incentivize the redevelopment of brownfields across New Jersey into new solar energy facilities. Solar projects located on the site of a former landfill will be eligible to receive tax credits in the amount of 100 percent of the costs of remediating and capping the landfill, up to a maximum of $8 to $12 million.

Governor Murphy Announces State Interagency Electric Vehicle Partnership

As part of the state’s effort to meet New Jersey’s clean energy goals, Governor Phil Murphy today announced the New Jersey Partnership to Plug-In, a first-of-its-kind, statewide partnership to build out the necessary infrastructure to support electric vehicle ownership to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The partnership, which will be co-led by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, will create a strategic and streamlined framework to support New Jersey’s electric vehicle ecosystem, with the goal of registering 330,000 Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) by 2025. The New Jersey Partnership to Plug-In will be ratified under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

New website that will serve as a one-stop shop to guide municipalities and solar developers as they plan, fund, and complete solar plus landfill capping projects.

Landfill to Solar website

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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.

NJEDA to Open Applications for Green Workforce Training Grant Challenge

Applications for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s (NJEDA) Green Workforce Training Grant Challenge will open on Thursday, August 8. The $7 million grant program will prepare New Jersey residents for green economy careers, with a particular focus on advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion and serving overburdened communities. The Grant Challenge is a competitive funding opportunity, for which applicants will be asked to submit proposals that outline their plans to develop and implement workforce training and skills programs focused on strengthening and diversifying the state’s green economy. Grants from $250,000 up to $1.5 million are available. Awardees may use funds to cover design, planning, capital, and implementation costs to offer training programs in green economy industries.

New Jersey approved over $4.3 million in funding for awardees to develop training programs that prepare New Jersey residents for green economy careers—including those related to solar energy, weatherization, energy auditing, building systems, thermal systems, HVAC, and electric vehicle infrastructure—with a particular focus on serving overburdened communities.