How You Can Help
Ask Governor Corzine to reduce New Jersey’s global warming pollution by 20% below current levels by 2020 and pledge to make a 70% reduction by 2050.

Brief Summary
Global warming is a real problem for New Jersey. Of all the effects of global warming, sea level rise is the one that will hit our state the hardest. If nothing is done to reverse global warming, sea levels would rise 2 to 4 feet in the next century, which would submerge all our beaches under water and cause chronic flooding on 9% of New Jersey’s land.

Fortunately, global warming is solvable. We have the solutions at our disposal, our political leaders have only to employ them. We’ve had a lot of success here in New Jersey adopting policies to reduce global warming pollution, but much more must be done. Scientists say that to reverse the worst of global warming we must cut global warming pollution by more than half by the middle of this century.

That’s why NJPIRG is working to make sure Governor Corzine reduces New Jersey’s global warming pollution by 20% below current levels by 2020 and pledges to make a 70% reduction by 2050. If he takes these steps, the governor will put New Jersey well on the way to solving global warming.

Reports
Global Warming Pollution in New Jersey: Key Steps to Reduce Emissions from Electricity Generation and Transportation
A Responsible Electricity Future
Stopping Global Warming Begins at Home
The Costs of Inaction: Delaying Action on Global Warming Costs Consumers and the Environment

Press Releases, Articles, and Testimony
NJPIRG Releases NJ’s Coastal Treasures at Risk from Global Warming; Calls on Governor Corzine to Take Action 5/25/06
New Jersey Takes Action on Two Landmark Solutions to Global Warming 12/20/05
Governor Codey and Six Other Northeast Governors Sign Landmark Global Warming Pollution Pact 12/20/05
Statement of Dena Mottola, NJPIRG Executive Director; Re: Gov. Codey’s Adoptment of Global Warming Rules 10/18/05
Northeast States Huddle To Finalize Plan To Cut Global Warming Emissions From Regional Power Plants 9/27/05
Environmental Groups Call on Northeast Governors to Close Loopholes in Plan to Reduce Global Warming Pollution from Power Plants 9/14/05
Environmentalists To Northeast Governors: Strengthen Plan To Reduce Global Warming Pollution With Energy Saving Measures 8/31/05
Nuclear Power Not Needed to Reduce Global Warming Emissions 5/27/05
Global Warming Pollution on the Rise 4/26/05

Other Links
HBO’s documentary, “Too Hot Not to Handle”
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative