Green Amendment Town Hall
Fighting Federal Environmental Rollbacks: Demanding our Right to Clean Air, Pure Water, and a Safe Climate
Date: April 29th, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Pinelands Preservation Alliance, 17 Pemberton Rd. Southampton NJ 08088
Join the Pinelands Preservation Alliance for a discussion on securing our constitutional right to life’s most basic necessities in New Jersey with the Green Amendment. Green Amendments establish a constitutional mandate recognizing pure water, clean air, a stable climate, and healthy environments as the inherent rights of all citizens. You will hear from experts, including community leaders, elected officials, and founder of Green Amendments for the Generations: Maya van Rossum.
We will have a Grassroots Organizing Training before the Town Hall for those interested in learning a straightforward method to protect forests, farms, rivers, and communities through grassroots organizing. This training will take place at 6:00 PM and will last one hour. You can sign up for one or both events below.
Protect our Aquifer in Winslow Township
Sign the petition!
Winslow Township’s Mayor and the Town Council are seeking to overturn the rules that protect the Kirkwood Cohansey aquifer by supporting a lawsuit brought against the Pinelands Commission by Clayton Sand Mining Company. Clayton is challenging the Pinelands Commission’s rules protecting the aquifer. Please sign the petition to stop them from wasteful overuse of the water we all depend on!
The Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer is one of the essential life resources in South Jersey. It contains some of the purest water on the United States’ east coast and feeds the country’s cleanest rivers. This aquifer is what allows our homes, farms, and businesses to thrive. Without a local source of water from the aquifer, residents will struggle to find clean and affordable water for their households, farmers will lose crops, and local businesses will face hardship.
PROTECT THE BLACK RUN PRESERVE
Sign the petition!
The Black Run Preserve in Evesham Township is a critical headwater area for the southwest branch of the Rancocas Creek. It provides wildlife habitat and is a recreational resource for many thousands of people. The Black Run is at risk of being devastated by development that will bulldoze the headwater forests of the watershed and replace them with hundreds of McMansions. The clean waters, fresh air, quiet spaces, and especially the native wildlife that call the preserve home could be lost forever.
The state Pinelands Commission could rezone these critical lands as “Pinelands Forest Area” which would prevent the destruction of hundreds of acres of forest and the pollution of the watershed. But Pinelands Commission Executive Director, Susan Grogan, has not yet sent the rule proposal to the Governor’s Office, which is the next critical step in the process.
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