Like other states that have taken on climate change in the absence of any action from the White House, New Jersey has set a goal of producing 100 percent clean energy by 2050. The Trump administration, however, has retaliated against efforts by states to impose regulations that supplement or skirt relaxed federal standards. But the regulation needs to be the stick.”It is hard to dispute the impact of climate change on New Jersey and its 130 miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline. A study released in November by Rutgers University found that the sea level in New Jersey was rising more than two times faster than the global average. Since 1911, the sea level rose 1.5 feet, compared with the global mean of 0.6 feet.

Source: New York Times January 27, 2020 14:26 UTC