Gov. Murphy calls on lawmakers to strengthen NJ’s clean energy goals in his final year in office

MIKE HAYES / GOTHAMIST – In one of his last major planned addresses before he leaves office next January, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy sought to cement the state’s climate goals in legislation and protect them from the whims of the next governor. “We cannot escape the reality that climate change looms larger by the day,” Murphy said in his State of the State speech on Tuesday, pointing to the “drought-driven disaster that has befallen Los Angeles.” …