Waves of thanks to Governor Murphy and the bill's original sponsors from NJ's 1st District - Senator Van Drew, and Assemblyman Land and Andrzejczak |
The law was in response to the threat from the Trump Administration to open up 90% of US waters including to 3 miles of the coast. This law will prohibit offshore drilling and pipelines in state waters (within 3 miles), prohibits onshore support infrastructure, authorizes NJDEP to review any offshore drilling project in the Atlantic Ocean that may put NJ at risk, and finally, directs NJEP to establish these provisions as “enforceable policies” which provide greater protection against drilling in federal waters. In short, NJ has set the bar for the nation on how a state can defend the ocean from abuse by Big Oil. COA played a leading role in the drafting of the law, and COA urges other states in the
Atlantic and beyond to pass identical legislation.
COA was honored to receive one of the pens that the Governor used to sign the bill into law |
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