ANJEC and New Jersey need your help fighting a science disinformation campaign designed to stop the adoption of climate regulations in New Jesey that will save lives.

We need everyone across the State to keep their eyes open for a municipal resolution that is factually wrong and being peddled by those who would make profit from killing these climate regulations, and we need you to please ask your municipal officials to vote NO.

Here are two actions we are asking of you this summer:

1.    Oppose the Climate Disinformation Resolution: You’ll know it’s disinformation if it says something such as “NJPACT relies on a sea level rise study with only a 17% likelihood 75 years from now” or it will “cost too much” This is factually incorrect. NJPACT REAL is based on data that tells us that there is an 83% likelihood that New Jersey will experience AT LEAST five feet of sea level rise by the year 2100. It costs too much for us to do nothing. “From 1980–2024 (as of September 10, 2024), there have been 72 confirmed weather/climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each to affect New Jersey.” (National Center for Environmental Information)

Email us at info@anjec.org if you see a resolution like this making the rounds in your municipality, and we’ll work together to get the NJPACT REAL facts into the hands of municipal officials.

2.    Pass a Resolution in support of NJPACT REAL: Have your E pass a resolution in support of NJPACT REAL and ask your municipal governing body to do the same. A sample resolution can be found here.

If you or your municipal officials want to do more, reach out to Governor Murphy directly and ask him to “Adopt the NJPACT REAL rules as proposed.” https://nj.gov/governor/contact/all/

The Truth and Urgency of NJPACT REAL

WHAT: The New Jersey Protecting Against Climate Threat Resilient Environment and Landscape (NJPACT REAL) rules are science-based common sense regulations based on moderate greenhouse gas emissions scenarios (which are reductions below current emissions) and the impacts on global systems such as arctic ice melt and collapsing Gulf Stream. Scientists at Rutgers University have used that data to model the impact on New Jersey with a high degree of confidence. Scientists agree that there is an 83% chance that New Jersey will experience AT LEAST five feet of sea level rise by 2100.

WHERE: The NJPACT REAL rules will protect lives and property in tidally influenced areas  by requiring that NEW (not existing) development and redevelopment be constructed above the five feet sea level rise increase. Inland areas, aka non-tidally influence freshwater areas of New Jersey, are protected by the NJPACT rules adopted in 2023. People and businesses that live in coastal areas deserve the same protection for their families and their property.

WHEN: The NJPACT REAL rules were proposed and opened to public comment on August 5, 2024. The rules have gone through years of stakeholder input with more than 20 meetings of businesses, non-profits, scientists, community members, and more providing input. The rules have been through extensive scientific and legal review. Public comment is now closed. Governor Murphy has until August 4, 2025 to adopt NJPACT REAL or the rule proposal expires.

HOW: You can find out more at:

Op/Ed by Jennifer Coffey, ANJEC Executive Director: https://www.nj.com/opinion/2025/05/the-outrageous-ignorance-of-njs-climate-skeptic-lawmakers-puts-us-at-risk-opinion.html

NJDEP short videos on the TRUTH about REAL and fact v. fiction: https://dep.nj.gov/njreal/

NJDEP webinars: https://dep.nj.gov/njreal/webinars/