POLICY
Coalition Sues Murphy Administration Over Alleged Failure on Climate Pollutants
Lawsuit follows DEP’s denial of petition seeking faster action to fight climate change, restrict new fossil fuel projects
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS – A coalition of environmental groups sued the Murphy administration on Wednesday over what it views as the state’s failure to take steps to reduce climate pollutants by 50% by the end of this decade, a goal advanced by 14 other states and the Biden administration.
The lawsuit, filed in the appellate division, follows the state Department of Environmental Protection’s denial of a petition last month seeking to speed up actions to fight climate change and to restrict new fossil fuel projects in New Jersey …
