Mikie Sherrill
THE ENVIRONMENT
Addressing New Jersey’s environmental needs — from the shore to marshes, forests, and farmland — requires a governor who can get big things done. We need urgent action to mitigate flooding, produce clean energy, remediate brownfields, clean up Superfund sites, and remove lead and forever chemicals from our drinking water. In Congress, I’ve fought for and successfully brought back millions of dollars to New Jersey to make our communities more flood resilient, replace lead service lines and water infrastructure, and take on environmental pollution. I am proud to have led passage of the Great American Outdoors Act to protect New Jersey’s open spaces, including the Delaware Water Gap, the Great Swamp, and Sandy Hook.
As governor, I will take bold action to protect our communities and ecosystems, build climate-resilient infrastructure, and reduce our carbon emissions while also driving down energy costs and utility bills. And it’s not just the right thing to do for our environment — it’s the right thing for our economy, too. Stemming flooding and preserving our forests and farmlands grows jobs in industries across the state — from tourism to agriculture and beyond — and it increases savings for families through lower insurance premiums. As Trump rolls back federal investments to reduce energy costs, I’ll take bold action at the state level to invest in clean energy like solar, which is one of the cheapest energy sources to develop. I will incentivize brownfields redevelopment to protect our environment and open up economic and housing opportunities. The climate crisis is real. And in New Jersey, addressing it isn’t a partisan issue — it’s an economic and public health issue that affects us all.
Jack Ciattarelli
https://www.jack4nj.com/platform
MAKING ENERGY POLICY AFFORDABLE – AND REALISTIC – AGAIN
Jack will draft and implement a new Energy Master Plan that promotes an all-of-the-above energy policy.
Jack will repeal unrealistic and unaffordable state mandates and timelines regarding electric vehicle sales, household appliances, home renovation, and home construction – which would make New Jersey even more expensive and punish working and middle class residents the most.
Jack will ban offshore wind farms from being built off our coast and along our Jersey Shore.