the states proposed energy master plan

to make New Jersey clean green and

sustainable has generated so much

interest that state working groups have

added extra hearings to enlist ideas

from the public briana vanozza reports

on the latest meeting to address peril

and promise the challenge of climate

change if the state intends to reach a

hundred percent clean energy by 2050

environmentalists see a glaring hurdle

the most important thing you can do in

terms of steps is this moratorium on any

new approvals of fossil fuel industry

structure we need a moratorium on new

fossil fuel projects I'm joining others

who have asked you for a full moratorium

on all fossil fuel infrastructures and

projects this latest meeting of the New

Jersey energy master plan committee in

Newark was a catch-all asking for

general public input to help draft a new

plan by June of 2019 a plan that's

comprehensive and that is thoughtful and

thorough ideas run the gamut but many

here agreed the focus should be on

reducing emissions that contribute to

climate change

attendees asked the committee made up of

members from the Board of Public

Utilities to rethink state projects with

environmental impact as a whole system

instead of individually for instance

seven pipeline projects three new

natural gas plants or governor Murphy's

new law that gives 300 million dollars a

year over the next 10 to boost nuclear

power and generate approximately 40% of

the state's electricity it is less

important when we get to 100 percent and

more important what we do in the next 10

years if we don't start to begin a

dramatic drawdown of greenhouse gas

emissions

the next 10 years we won't missed the

window of opportunity in our master plan

for New Jersey we have to deal with the

reality that the federal government is

rolling back safety standards the EPA

under President Trump has moved to

reverse dozens of environmental

standards including emission standards

for cars and coal fueled power plants

and withdrawing from the Paris climate

Accords to name a few now as we move

towards a zero emission vehicles that

should include our public modes of

transportation our ride shares our

public fleets as well as our personal

vehicles that's critical to addressing

climate change and global warming

Kim Gaudi with Clean Water Action says

that's particularly important for areas

like Newark where roughly 3,500 of the

14,000 trucks heading to the ports

travel through local streets leaving

residents with the aftermath pollution

asthma dirty air

we are disproportionately polluted upon

because of the zip code we reside in and

the color of our skin one additional

meeting will be held October 10th anyone

with comments can continue submitting

those until 5:00 p.m. October 12th after

that it's in the hands of the committee

in Newark Brianna the nosy NJTV news

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