Combatting Plastic Waste in Back-to-School Shopping: Why You Should Care and How to Advocate for a Sustainable Future
As the school year starts back up again, there is often an influx of new products bought to replace the ones from years prior. The usage of plastic in our society can feel unavoidable. It is woven into our…
The Recycled Content Bill: Immediate Call to Action
by Keyonna Murray A recent surge of startling environmental trends which include an influx of extreme weather incidents have resulted in increased concern in regards to climate change. An issue that has historically been relegated to being the burden…
NJ Needs Zero Emission Trucks
The following contains Senator Raymond J. Lesniak’s testimony at the DEP hearing on May 20, 2021 for Advanced Clean Trucks Program and Fleet Reporting Requirements. Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of Governor Murphy and…
Top 6 Bills Targeting Environmental Issues
By: Maggie Garbarino It is important this Earth Day to reflect on the most pressing environmental protection issues of our time. Currently, human activity is on track to do significant, permanent damage to our planet and it is our…
Community Cats Need Compassion, Not Euthanasia
By Nicole Marchione Can you imagine streets filled with hundreds of roaming cats? This is what you should envision will happen if a Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate and Return (TNVR) program is not put in place in municipalities such as…
Top 6 Books Every Advocate Should Read
By: Abel Morais For National Read Across America Day, I have put together a list of books that will be beneficial for advocates in order to become champions of change. All of these books are some of my favorites…
Support NJ’s Environmental Justice Bill
By: Katie Parrish In a typical year, Communities of Color and low income communities face increased health issues such as asthma because they are overexposed to toxic air pollution. Now, with the added risk of Covid-19, it is…
The Top 5 Environmental Advocates
By Abel Morais To celebrate Earth Week, I have put together a Top 5 list of environmental advocates whom I personally feel have made an impact on environmental protection through their advocacy. Who am I you may ask?…
The Christie ExxonMobil Sellout Was Bigger Than You Know
Advocacy has many forms. It starts with recognizing an injustice, then finding the right path to justice. Sometimes the path leads to a dead end like my fight to overturn Governor Christie’s Settlement with ExxonMobil for polluting natural resources…