NJ Legislature still flunking Environment 101 two years later

Clean Water Action scorecard reveals core safeguards even more at risk
14 legislators named heroes join call for immediate corrective action

TRENTON – Flanked by legislators just named \”environmental heroes\”, Clean Water Action released a comprehensive scorecard today that praised their work, found a majority of the State Senate and Assembly failing as much as they were when last evaluated 2 years ago, and joined their heroes in calling for immediate corrective action. Click here to view quotes from the heroes. 

Clean Water Action\’s NJ Legislative Scorecard 2014-5 found that the Legislature as a whole took pro-environment positions less than half (47%) of the time leading to serious setbacks to environmental and public health protections. To view the entire 2014-15 scorecard and details on individual legislators, go to www.CleanWaterAction.org/NJScorecard2015 and view regional charts here.