Protecting
New Jersey's Environment
As
promised, the McGreevey Administration stood-up to polluters and
said no to the special interests that threatened our open space,
clean water and air. One by one we are setting new environmental
standards both for the State and the nation.
Making
Polluters Pay:
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Collected more Natural Resource Damage fines in the last two
years than the prior administration did in its entire tenure.
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Won a precedent-setting Clean Air Act ruling against a Midwest
coal power plant that emits more pollution than all power plants
in New Jersey and Connecticut combined.
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Led a multi-state suit against the Bush Administration's efforts
to weaken the Clean Air Act.
Preserving
New Jersey's Open Space
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Protected more than 76,000 acres of open space and farmland.
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Preserved 20,000 acres of farmland, in the last year, making
New Jersey a national leader in farmland preservation.
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Led the fight to provide an additional $150 million for open
space preservation and more park space.
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Doubled funding for urban parks and committed to improving and
creating an additional 200 parks throughout New Jersey.
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Created the Highlands Task Force to protect the Highlands.
- Preserved
50 farms in the Highlands.
- Protected
17,000 acres of open space in and around the Highlands.
- Created
www.savethehighlands.org to get New Jerseyans involved in
protecting the Highlands.
Protecting
Our Drinking Water
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Protected nine reservoirs totaling more than 7,000 acres that
provide drinking water for 3.5 million residents.
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Implemented a new rule that requires developers to maintain
a 300-foot buffer, minimizing new development around more than
6,000 miles of streams
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Required municipalities to develop new rules for developers
regarding the management of the stormwater that replenishes
our State's groundwater.
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Proposed protecting an additional 500 miles of ecologically
sensitive streams and rivers with the State's highest level
of protection.
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