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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 41, ZONING AND LAND USE REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 20, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, TO PROHIBIT ANY NEW OR EXPANDED FOSSIL FUEL FACILITY, INCLUDING FOSSIL FUEL POWER GENERATION
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WHEREAS, New Jersey has repeatedly stated its goal of achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions via:
* Executive Order 315 setting a goal for New Jersey 100% clean energy by 2035;
* Executive Order No. 274 directing the State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 50% below 2006 levels by 2030;
* New Jersey's Global Warming Response Act requiring state greenhouse gas emissions drop to 80% below 2006 levels by 2025;
* the State's 2019 Energy Master Plan reinforcing the goal of carbon-neutrality by 2050; and
WHEREAS, on September 18, 2020, New Jersey passed the Environmental Justice Law, N.J.S.A. 13:1D-157 et seq., to address historic environmental injustices perpetrated against New Jersey's low-income communities and communities of color by the State of New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, in July 2016, the City of Newark passed the Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impact ordinance, then in May 2021, the Newark Environmental Commission approved the City's first Environmental Resource Inventory in recognition of the need for environmental justice and to advance clean air measures; and
WHEREAS, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's Net Zero Roadmap outlines the Port's goal of achieving a zero emissions operation by 2025, and through collaboration with the City of Newark and environmental justice stakeholders to reduce port pollution, the Port Authority was awarded $451 million under EPA Clean Ports Program (December 2024) to install zero-emission equipment and infrastructure at Port Newark, demonstrating a shared commitment to a cleaner and more sustainable port; and
WHEREAS, despite the afo...
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