Murphy Vows to Reduce Pollution in Environmental Justice neighborhoods

Clean Water Action (CWA) joined with NJ Gov. Phil Murphy in Newark on Thursday “to publicly vow to rev up his plans to reduce pollution more and faster than currently planned, especially in overburdened communities.”

The group said the governor also has pledged to “eliminate dirty diesel vehicles and equipment with zero-emission alternatives.”

CWA State Director Amy Goldsmith

“The Garden State is waking up to the reality of today’s climate and environmental injustices. This is not a new revelation to the Governor. He is spot on when he says that we can’t do too much, too soon, too fast,” stated Amy Goldsmith, CWA’s NJ State Director.

Goldman portrayed Democrat Murphy’s opponent for governor, Republican Jack Ciattarelli, as one who is following in the footsteps of the Trump and Christie Administrations, believing Murphy’s clean energy goals are “not realistic and are too much, too soon, too fast.” 

“For too long, the children in our environmental justice communities, including the kids right here in Newark, have borne the costs of lead in our tap water and polluting industries concentrated in our neighborhoods, ” said Kim Gaddy, a Newark resident, and CWA’s Environmental Justice Director. “

“By championing the nation’s strongest environmental justice and lead service line laws, Governor Murphy has given everyone in this city a voice to oppose polluting projects that poison our air and water,” Gaddy said.

“Fifty years from now future generations will either look back at us in gratitude for giving up our selfish ways and tackling the climate emergency or they will be living with nightmarish burdens and angrily wondering how a generation could have so brazenly ignored science and doomed the planet, added Janet Tauro, CWAs NJ Board Chair.

“Right now in NJ, we need Governor Murphy’s clear-eyed, dedicated, and robust climate leadership.”

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