State of New Jersey Resources
Information about sustainability: http://nj.gov/nj/green/
What's New Jersey doing about Climate Change? http://www.state.nj.us/globalwarming/initiatives/#1
Information about NJ’s Energy Master Plan (EMP): http://www.nj.gov/emp/
From the Office of Smart Growth (OSG): a link to the NJ State Development and Redevelopment Plan (SDRP):http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/osg/plan/df.html
Useful Documents
NJ Draft Global Warming Response Act Recommendation: Reporthttp://nj.gov/globalwarming/legislation/
NJ Energy Master Plan (EMP) http://www.nj.gov/emp/docs/pdf/081022_emp.pdf
Overview of the NJ State Development and Redevelopment Plan (SDRP) http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/research/pdf/technical/S6.pdf
This recent article in the ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) Journal, by Alan Pikarski, includes a comprehensive Reading List at the end - “The Nexus of Energy, Environment and the Economy: A Win, Win, Win Opportunity”
Final report of the DVRPC’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
EIA press release pointing to the largest annual decline in energy-related CO2 emissions since annual GHG reporting began. Here's the link to the EIA's announcement: http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/press/press318.html
USDOT Strategic Performance Sustainability Plan http://www.dot.gov/sustainability/sspp_2010.pdf
Websites
New Jersey Global Warming website
http://www.state.nj.us/globalwarming/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/
USEPA Climate Change website http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change http://unfccc.int/2860.php
Center for Clean Air Policy http://www.ccap.org/
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is the first mandatory, market-based effort in the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states will cap and then reduce CO2 emissions from the power sector 10% by 2018. http://www.rggi.org/home
U.S. Department of Transportation, Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting’s one-stop source of information on transportation and climate change issues. http://climate.dot.gov/index.html
Successes in Stewardship is a Federal Highway Administration monthly newsletter highlighting current environmental streamlining practices from around the country. http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/strmlng/es4newsltrs.asp
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established to provide the decision-makers and others interested in climate change with an objective source of information about climate change The IPCC is a scientific intergovernmental body set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). http://www.ipcc.ch/
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Transportation and Climate Change Resource Center http://climatechange.transportation.org/state_local_mpo/
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability http://iclei.org/\
PEW Center on Global Climate Change http://www.pewclimate.org/
For more information, contact Jeffrey Perlman at 973-639-8445 or jperlman@njtpa.org.