Environment
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today hosted a telephone town hall with over 3,600 constituents in New Jersey's 6th Congressional District.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) applauded the inclusion of the Superfund tax on oil and petroleum companies in the Inflation Reduction Act. The reinstatement of the tax is effective January 1, 2023. The tax is expected to raise $11.7 billion. Pallone has long advocated for reinstating the tax on these companies to ensure polluters, not taxpayers, foot the bill for cleaning up waste and pollution.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement today praising House passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes key climate and health care provisions he originally authored or advanced through his Energy and Commerce Committee over the last couple of years. Pallone spoke in favor of the bill today on the House Floor.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today hosted a telephone town hall with over 3,700 constituents in New Jersey's 6th Congressional District.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement today applauding Senate passage of historic clean energy and climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, which are expected to slash our nation's greenhouse gas pollution by 40 percent by 2030:
Highlands, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Sandy Hook will receive $480,000 to support research on the effects of environmental change on marine habitats and fisheries surrounding Sandy Hook. Pallone secured the funding in a federal spending bill that President Biden signed into law. Pallone was joined by Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, who serves as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today applauded the Biden Administration's continued moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling along the Atlantic Coast. The U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management released a draft 5-year plan for oil and gas leasing. The draft does not include drilling off the Atlantic Coast, continuing a bipartisan precedent from past administrations.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) applauded the reinstatement of the Superfund tax on chemical companies today. Pallone successfully advocated for reinstating the tax on chemical companies in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in an effort to ensure polluters, not taxpayers, foot the bill for cleaning up waste and pollution.
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in West Virginia v. EPA undermining the Clean Air Act and subverting decades of established law:
Asbury Park, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials and local elected leaders highlighting the federal funding that New Jersey will receive to clean up Brownfield sites. The state will receive $6.5 million to clean up Brownfield sites through the first round of funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that Congress passed and was signed into law in November.