NJDEP is conducting rulemaking for New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law. Click here for information on the rulemaking, stakeholder process, recordings from past meetings, and how to give your input.
Read MorePursuant to New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law, NJ has published a list of block groups identified as Overburdened Communities (OBCs), an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool, and associated data. Click here for OBC data.
Read MoreAs directed under the Governor’s Executive Order 23, this guidance document provides a framework and tools for New Jersey’s executive branch agencies to implement environmental justice in their work and decision-making processes.
Read MoreClimate change severely affects overburdened communities. New Jersey is taking bold steps to address and mitigate the impacts of climate change, including specific actions to support clean energy in underserved communities.
Read MoreWe must listen to and amplify the voices of people of color. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection stands with its black and brown employees and all people of color in New Jersey, and across the country, in pursuit of social, economic and environmental justice.
We can and must do better to further the promise of equality—for all.
Environmental Justice Advisory Council (EJAC) Statement on the Death of George Floyd (pdf)
Advisory body to the Commissioner of the DEP on environmental justice.
Read MoreState and federal environmental justice law, policy, and regulation.
Read MoreInteractive mapping tool to help residents identify sources of air pollution in and around their community.
Mapping ApplicationThe air quality index (AQI) is a daily report on the status of outdoor air quality in the region, along with associated health effects.