Environment
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement today after the House passed H.R. 1, the Republicans’ “Polluters Over People Act.”
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today applauded a $3 million award to New Jersey to help cut climate pollution and transition to a clean economy. The funding comes from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program Pallone established in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) today reintroduced the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act that would ban offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. The bipartisan COAST Anti-Drilling Act permanently prohibits the U.S. Department of Interior from issuing leases for the exploration, development, or production of oil and gas in the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida Planning Areas of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
South Plainfield, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that three Superfund sites in New Jersey will receive funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to aid in cleanups, including the Cornell-Dubilier Electronics, Inc. Superfund site in Pallone's congressional district. The funding will be used to continue removing and safely disposing of contaminated soil and sediment in Bound Brook and surrounding areas and will ensure the cleanup can continue along the entire length of the brook. The project is estimated to cost $152 million.
Congressman Pallone was inspired to come to Congress in order to put a stop to ocean dumping off the Jersey Shore and clean up New Jersey's toxic waste sites. A clean environment helps create jobs and fosters an environment that will help local economies grow and expand. It has always been a top priority of Congressman Pallone's to protect the water and air and clean up both Superfund and Brownfields sites so New Jersey residents can lead healthy lives in the communities where they live and work.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today spoke on the House Floor in support of his amendment to prohibit Republicans' plan to open up more oil and gas leasing in the North Atlantic. Pallone offered his amendment as a part of the Strategic Production Response Act – House Republicans' legislative attempt to ban the Department of Energy (DOE) from releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) until it expands oil and gas drilling on public lands by the same percentage that it releases oil from the SPR.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that the Army Corps of Engineers will begin beach replenishment in Elberon around January 1. The Corps will place 1.2 million cubic yards of sand starting at the southern end of Elberon at Lincoln Avenue in the next few weeks and work north to Takanassee Lake at North Lake Drive. The Elberon project is expected to be completed no later than March 1. The federal funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Pallone pushed for last year.
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt – Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Biden Administration announced a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supplemental proposal to curb methane emissions from oil and gas sources, as well as an update to the U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan:
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today as he joins a Congressional Delegation trip to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP27:
Long Branch, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference today in Long Branch with local environmental advocates on the historic climate achievements in the Inflation Reduction Act. The bill is the single-largest investment in climate action in American history and includes key climate provisions originally authored by Pallone or advanced through his Energy and Commerce Committee. Pallone managed the bill on the House Floor.