Environment
ASBURY PARK, NJ – U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ) and Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) today sent a letter to President Obama urging his administration to keep the Atlantic Coast off limits for oil and gas exploration, stressing that the environmental and economic consequences of an oil spill near the Jersey Shore would be catastrophic.
LONG BRANCH, NJ — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement in response to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration approval of the Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) for seismic airgun testing in the Atlantic Ocean conducted by Rutgers University and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that the Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $1.79 million contract to H&L Contracting LLC to dredge the Shrewsbury River which runs through Monmouth County, New Jersey. The project will entail removing 60,000 cubic yards of sand in order to keep the Shrewsbury River channel navigable.
Deal Lake Flume Also Discussed at Follow-up Meeting with Fishermen
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced legislation, the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2014, that would prohibit the sale or distribution of personal care products that contain synthetic plastic microbeads.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement today upon an announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of a proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emission from U.S. power plants by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030:
WASHINGTON, DC — Upon discussions with key agencies and officials Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) voiced his concern today that the decision to cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 2 aerial helicopter coastal monitoring program could undermine the success of the multi-agency New York Bight Floatables Action Plan.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and members of the New Jersey Congressional Delegation sent a joint letter to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Gina McCarthy, asking that the agency’s Region 2 aerial helicopter monitoring program be saved from impending budget cuts.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) called on the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), Gina McCarthy, to restore funding for EPA’s Region 2 helicopter monitoring program.
BELFORD, NJ – Today Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) visited the Belford Seafood Cooperative to highlight the potentially damaging impacts of seismic testing off the coast of New Jersey.