{"id":3794,"date":"2024-04-10T14:20:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/?p=3794"},"modified":"2024-04-10T14:20:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:20:48","slug":"legal-update-a-look-at-our-attorneys-latest-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/legal-update-a-look-at-our-attorneys-latest-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Update: A Look at Our Attorneys’ Latest Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Greetings from Eastern Environmental Law Center! We hope this newsletter finds you safe, healthy, and enjoying spring! \u00a0Here\u2019s an update on our recent work: \u00a0<\/em>

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Environmental Justice<\/strong>

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EELC is partnering with the New Jersey Progressive Equitable Energy Coalition (NJPEEC)<\/a> in court to help defend New Jersey\u2019s landmark Environmental Justice regulations against legal challenges filed by industry and labor groups seeking to rollback the regulations\u2019 critical environmental and health protections for communities living on the frontlines of industrial pollution. \u00a0New Jersey\u2019s historic EJ Law empowered the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to \u201cjust say no” to new or expanding sources of pollution in New Jersey communities facing a disproportionate share of environmental and public health stressors. \u00a0EELC lawyers are now preparing to file a brief calling for the court to uphold the regulations and ensure the Law remains as strong and protective of New Jersey\u2019s overburdened communities as possible.


Clean Energ<\/strong>y
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As part of our efforts to support a just and equitable transition to a clean energy economy, EELC is representing NJPEEC, NRDC<\/a> and Sierra Club<\/a> in multibillion-dollar proceedings before the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU\u2019s) on building decarbonization and energy efficiency. \u00a0The utility petitions in these proceedings \u00a0(known as \u201cTriennium II\u201d) propose energy efficiency and demand reduction programs across New Jersey\u2019s commercial, industrial and residential buildings – including for low- and moderate-income (LMI) households – and a building decarbonization pilot program incentivizing appliances such as electric heat pumps. \u00a0EELC successfully intervened in these filings, enabling our client group to formally advocate for the BPU to approve final programs that maximize building electrification, ensure affordability, and increase participation for LMI households.


Open Space & Sustainable Development<\/strong>

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EELC and our client, the Musconetcong Watershed Association<\/a>, solidified a legal victory against a proposed development that would have encroached on the site of a tributary of the wild and scenic Musconetcong River. \u00a0In our successful appeal, the Court took DEP to task for failing to recognize the tributary, and on reconsideration, DEP was compelled to require the developer to go back to square one and submit a formal application for flood hazard area verification. \u00a0

As New Jersey\u2019s only nonprofit, public-interest environmental law firm, we rely on your support to help fight for environmental justice, advance clean energy solutions and defend New Jersey\u2019s treasured open space and natural resources – please consider donating here<\/a> at whatever level is right for you. \u00a0

From all of us at EELC, thank you and best wishes for a happy and healthy spring!

Christopher Miller
Executive Director


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Greetings from Eastern Environmental Law Center! We hope this newsletter finds you safe, healthy, and enjoying spring! \u00a0Here\u2019s an update on our recent work: \u00a0Environmental Justice EELC is partnering with the New Jersey Progressive Equitable Energy Coalition (NJPEEC) in court to help defend New Jersey\u2019s landmark Environmental Justice regulations against legal challenges filed by industry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[23,29,22,34,35,33,31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3794"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3797,"href":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3794\/revisions\/3797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}