BOONTON, N.J. — One of Governor Murphy’s first executive actions was to get New Jersey back into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). In 2020 the proceeds from the first round of auctions will be made available to the NJ DEP, NJ BPU, and NJ EDA for a variety of climate change mitigation and emissions reduction initiatives. Currently, these agencies are seeking input from the public to find out how to prioritize allocating the money. Background information about how RGGI works and some of the proposed initiatives is in the RGGI Scoping Document.
These workshops are an excellent way to share your ideas for how New Jersey can improve energy efficiency, defend its natural environments, and make a meaningful contribution to stabilizing our climate.
And you can help us advocate that the intact, core forests of the Highlands are recognized for their climate resiliency values and that ecological restoration projects can be funded from RGGI auction proceeds, and no longer by timber extracted from our forests.
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RGGI Strategic Funding Workshop
9AM – 12PM, Nov. 25th at Rutgers in New Brunswick
–New Jersey Highlands Coalition