NJ Lawmakers Advance Open Space Funding Proposals
The stalemate over how to fund future open space purchases continued Thursday, with legislative committees in the Senate and Assembly advancing competing proposals. Continue reading…
View ArticleLong-Term Open Space Funding Plan Advances
A proposal that would ensure long-term funding for land preservation by redirecting a portion of existing tax collections advanced Monday after its first public hearing. Continue reading…
View ArticleIllegal Dumping in NJ Target of New Campaign [AUDIO]
In an effort to crackdown on illegal dumping in state parks and natural lands, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has launched a year-long pilot program, "Don't Waste Our Open...
View ArticleEnvironment Budget Reflects NJ Fiscal Woes
New Jersey's top environmental official said the state's open-space program can limp along for another year with about $100 million from canceled projects and repaid loans but no long-term funding...
View ArticleNJ Assembly advances open space funding
New Jersey votes will get to decide in November whether to dedicate a portion of the state's business tax revenue to protecting open space and farmland. Continue reading…
View ArticleChristie blasts Dems for use of amendments
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is strongly criticizing Democratic lawmakers for trying to get a bill passed to change open space funding - that he vetoed - by placing it on the November ballot as a...
View ArticleTrashing New Jersey's open space — not a minor offense
Officers have logged more than 130 arrests since March 2014. Continue reading…
View ArticleNJ land development slows down, but COVID leaves future uncertain
Several "conflicting events" may govern the direction in which New Jersey's land use policies may soon go. Continue reading…
View ArticleEssex-Hudson Greenway finally gets go-ahead from NJ officials
The objective is to create a "multi-use, linear" park across Montclair, Glen Ridge, Bloomfield, Belleville, Newark, Kearny, Secaucus, and Jersey City. Continue reading…
View ArticleNJ clean energy advocates proud of work, but say more can be done
For one thing, changing the environmental footprint of mass transit was part of the last set of priorities, and is still included in the new list. Continue reading…
View ArticleNJ Lawmakers Consider Open Space Funding Options
A powerful Democrat is moving ahead with a plan to ask New Jersey voters this November to approve long-term funding for open space preservation, but there's no consensus yet on how to pay for it....
View ArticleOpen Space Ballot Question Approved
A Senate committee has signed off on legislation that would let voters decide whether to dedicate a fraction of sales tax revenues to funding land preservation. Continue reading…
View ArticleNJ Senate Approves Preservation Funds Ballot Question
The New Jersey Senate has voted to put an open space preservation question to voters in November. Continue reading…
View ArticleOpen Space Question Could be on November Ballot [AUDIO]
Lawmakers couldn't reach an agreement earlier this week and a vote on a measure that would put a question on the November ballot to help preserve open space and farmland in the Garden State was...
View ArticleNJ Legislature Gets Low Grades on Environment
A state environmental group says the Democrat-led Legislature has voted to roll back long-established environmental protections while pro-environment legislation has struggled to advance. Continue...
View ArticleVote on Open Space Question Set
The Senate will return to the state Capitol Monday for a vote to revive a plan to put an open space question on the November ballot, Senate President Stephen Sweeney told The Associated Press on...
View Articleno nj open space question yet
New Jersey voters won't be deciding on long-term funding for open space this fall. Continue reading…
View ArticleOpen Space Fails to Win Votes
The full State Senate could only muster 22 votes Monday on a measure that would ask voters to dedicate a flat $200 million annually in sales-tax revenues to saving open space and farmland, and buying...
View ArticleChristie Blames Democrats For Open Space Bill Failure
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie struck back at accusations that he pressured Senate Republicans not to vote on an open space bill. Continue reading…
View ArticleDisagreement Persists on How to Fund Open Space
Disagreement continues over how to pay for future open space purchases in New Jersey even as the existing preservation fund has dried up, halting acquisitions. Continue reading…
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