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An Examination of Policy Options for Achieving Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in New Jersey
Start Year: 2017

An Examination of Policy Options for Achieving Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in New Jersey

This report explores policy options for the State of New Jersey in advancing statutory limits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Recognizing that it has been a decade since the passage of the New Jersey Global Warming Response Act (N.J.S.A. 26:2C-37), this report examines five critical issues with respect to attainment of the statewide limits:
Whether the limits are still appropriate limits reflecting scientific consensus;
The status of New Jersey’s current greenhouse gas emissions in relation to such limits;
The status of New Jersey’s legal and policy framework for addressing greenhouse gas emissions;
Leading mitigation policies in other states that could be applicable to New Jersey; and
What policies offer opportunities to improve conditions in communities that currently bear disproportionate environmental burdens in New Jersey that are likely to be exacerbated by a changing climate.
Note: This report and our work on this project is made possible with support from The Fund for New Jersey, Energy Foundation, and Rutgers Climate Institute.