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NJ A4696

• a.k.a. Climate Superfund Act

• Introduced: September 12, 2024

• Status: referred to Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste Committee

• Summary:

  • impose liability on certain fossil fuel companies for certain damages caused by climate change

  • establishes a program within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to collect and distribute compensatory payments

NJ A1461

• Introduced: January 9, 2024

• Status: Referred to Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste Committee

• Summary:

  • establishes Climate Change Mitigation and Resilience Financing Program in NJ Infrastructure Bank

  • imposes per-kilowatt hour charge on electric energy consumption to finance climate change mitigation and resilience projects

NJ S237

• Introduced: January 9, 2024

• Status: Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

• Summary:

  • establishes 100 percent clean electricity standard and directs Board of Public Utilities to establish a clean electricity certificate program