Catherine McCabe, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), believes that good environmental policy and good business go hand in hand. “We all share a common goal in building a strong resilient New Jersey for the future, both economically and environmentally. The best way to ensure that is to maintain strong, open […]
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Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) Releases Draft Memorandum of Understanding
If New Jersey elects to join the TCI, a cap will be placed on the amount of carbon that will be permitted to be emitted from on-road gasoline and diesel fuels. Allowances to sell these fuels will be sold at auction with the proceeds intended to be used for initiatives that would reduce vehicle use […]
Two Interactive Workshops Left for Public to Offer Ideas on Greenhouse Gas Funding
The public has two remaining opportunities this year to provide input on how the state should distribute the revenue anticipated from New Jersey’s return to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced today. The interactive workshops will give the public the opportunity to discuss funding priorities in […]
Transportation Climate Initiative to be Major 2020 Topic
If you have not yet heard of the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI), now is the time to become informed, and involved. The TCI is the product of the Georgetown Climate Initiative, and like the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) before it, TCI involves the efforts of many states (12 and the District of Columbia) in […]
NJDEP Seeks Comment on NJ’s Reentry to RGGI
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) held two public hearings Friday, Jan. 25 regarding New Jersey’s re-entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The first public hearing centered on the CO2 Budget Trading Rule Proposal that establishes the mechanisms for rejoining RGGI and sets the State on the path to reduce its baseline CO2 allowance from […]