McKEON: POLL RESULTS INDICATE BENEFITS OF OPEN SPACE
RESONATING WITH NJ VOTERS, ENVIRONMENT A WINNER

Assembly Environment Chairman Lauds 23 Percent Lead in Monmouth Univ.\Gannett NJ Poll for $400M Bond Issue

(TRENTON) - Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee chairman John F. McKeon today announced that the latest poll results showing a 23 percent lead for the $400 million bond issue to fund open space, send a clear message that the environment is a priority for New Jersey citizens. Read More >

WASHINGTON – This morning, U. S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine before his testimony at a U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on clean energy and jobs. Menendez’s introduction highlighted New Jersey’s national leadership in clean energy development and related job growth.

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SCHAER/SCALERA BILL TO PREVENT ENCAP REPEAT HEADS TO GOVERNOR'S DESK
Measure Would Protect Taxpayers In Public/Private Deals Gone Bad;
Lawmakers Credit Sen. Sarlo for Helping to Push Measure To Finish Line

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen Gary S. Schaer and Fred Scalera sponsored to enhance the protections and oversight surrounding public investments in private redevelopment projects today received final legislative approvals and was sent to the Governor's desk.

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SMITH LICENSED SITE PROFESSIONALS BILL APPROVED BY FULL SENATE

Measure Would Break Backlog Of Site Remediation Projects By Allowing Professional Review, Approval

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Bob Smith, Chairman of the Senate Environment Committee, which would establish a licensed site remediation professional program in New Jersey to speed up the clean-up of contaminated sites around the State was approved by the full Senate today by a vote of 34-4, receiving final legislative approval.

“Right now, New Jersey has a backlog of over 20,000 known contaminated sites in the State that are not being cleaned up fast enough,” said Senator Smith, D-Middlesex and Somerset. “These sites are a blight on our neighborhoods, a major public health hazard, and an impediment to the environmentally-sound redevelopment of our aging urban and suburban industrial communities. If we’re going to overcome the backlog, ensure the public health and transform these sites into useful, viable property, we need to change how we handle the site remediation approval process in the Garden State.”

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ASSEMBLY BILL AUTHORIZING GOV'T ENTITIES TO APPLY ENERGY SAVINGS NOW LAW
Act Authorizes Public Entities to Implement Energy Savings Improvement Programs

(TRENTON) -Legislation Assembly members Sheila Oliver, Pamela Lampitt, Upendra Chivukula, Wayne DeAngelo, Joseph Vas and John McKeon sponsored to authorize state, county and municipal governments and school boards to more easily implement energy savings-improvement programs was signed into law today by Gov. Jon S. Corzine.

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MCKEON: 2009 - A YEAR OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES AND CHANGE
 
Assemblyman John F. McKeon said today that in 2009, the environment will continue to play a central role in the economy, in public policy and in the way we use energy. 

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WATSON COLEMAN, NEW JERSEY FUTURE ANNOUNCE
BILL TO 'BUILD NOT JUST HOMES, BUT NEIGHBORHOODS'
Measure Would Incentivize Local Planning Decisions that Create
Affordable, Walkable, Environmentally Sound Development

(TRENTON) - Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman has introduced legislation to promote and incentivize local zoning initiatives that encourage the development of environmentally sound, economically diverse and easily accessible neighborhoods.

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I am pleased to report the results from the first national poll conducted by Environmental Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Hall University. The poll found that 89 percent of respondents said that the environment and energy issues impact the quality of their family’s life a lot, while 7 percent said that it impacted them a little and only 3 percent said that it had no impact on them at all. This poll also found that 70 percent of the respondents are following the presidential election and the candidates’ positions on the environment and energy very closely.

Respondents believed that economic strength and environmental protection are linked, with 41 percent of all respondents stating that stronger environmental protection is more likely to help the economy. About a quarter of respondents (27 percent) believe that stronger environmental protection is more likely to hurt the economy. 

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McKEON LAUDS ENERGY PLAN'S TWIN GOALS OF CLEAN POWER AND CONSERVATION

(WEST ORANGE) - Following Governor Jon S. Corzine's unveiling this morning of the state's long-range Energy Master Plan, Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee chairman John McKeon said the proposal not only passes muster for its focus on renewable, clean energy but for its spotlight on conservation.

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GREENSTEIN/McKEON/VOSS LAW TO ENSURE NOTIFICATION OF PLANS TO CLEAN POLLUTED SITES TAKES EFFECT

(TRENTON) – A law sponsored by Assembly members Linda Greenstein, John McKeon and Joan Voss to ensure local officials and residents are properly notified when polluted buildings and properties are cleaned up has taken effect.

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