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“Ask Governor Murphy” — your likelihood to current inquiries to New Jersey’s governor stay, on-air — returns Thursday, Feb. 2.
Hear Reside on WNYC. “Ask Governor Murphy” is a manufacturing of WBGO in Newark, in partnership with WNYC and WHYY. It’s hosted by WNYC and Gothamist reporter Nancy Solomon.
What’s taking so long?
It’s been two years and 4 months since Gov. Phil Murphy signed the strongest environmental justice legislation within the nation. It requires the state to prioritize the general public well being of communities that have already got a excessive variety of polluting services earlier than issuing a allow for a brand new mission.
However group activists that fought for the invoice stated they had been pissed off that they are nonetheless ready for the New Jersey Division of Environmental Safety to determine guidelines and laws for the brand new legislation. We’ll ask Murphy about that.
New energy crops are being proposed in Newark and Woodbridge, and group activists in these cities object to new fossil fuel-burning services. In the meantime, the governor can be dealing with strain to decelerate his landmark investments in wind vitality as a part of the state’s efforts to scale back carbon emissions and sluggish local weather change. We’ll discover out what the governor has to say about these conflicting politics and pressures, too.
Listed here are another points we would ask Gov. Murphy about:
These are simply among the matters on our minds, however we wish to hear from you.