Clean Water Action's Belmar office was wiped out by Hurricane Sandy, but thanks to the support of many our office is up and running again in Long Branch!

Please join us Friday, May 31 from 6-9 pm for an open house art show and wine reception hosted by Clean Water Action NJ and the Art Mint. Come check out the new home of New Jersey Clean Water Action! We our located at 198 Brighton Ave., 2nd Fl, Long Branch, NJ 07740 (upstairs from Healing Star).

The evening will feature environmentally-themed art work from local artists, wine reception with light fare, door prizes and more! It is open to the public, free, and all art will be on sale. Print out the event art show poster or post card and share with friends!

Please RSVP HERE or contact Jenny at njcwa@cleanwater.org or 732-963-9714.

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BAYONNE - The future of thousands of port workers and billions of dollars in commerce could be decided on Friday, when the U.S. Coast Guard says it will issue a decision on a proposal to raise the Bayonne Bridge roadway.

On Wednesday, more than a week before the target date for the decision, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey awarded the main contract for the bridge project at the direction of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who share control of the bi-state agency.

The kids at Demarest Elementary School in Bloomfield could teach Gov. Chris Christie a thing or two about climate change.

Their school just won first place in a national contest by cutting its energy use in half. And it wasn't that hard. They did stuff like turn off the heat on weekends and nights, fix leaky windows and unplug fax machines overnight. Simple measures saved more than $70,000 in the first year, about enough to pay a starting teacher's salary and benefits.

In the fight against climate change, this is the easy pickin's. It's much cheaper than matching the same results by building a windmill or solar farm.

Several bills before the Senate Environment and Energy Committee had the support of the environmental community, including a measure that would allow counties to take over maintenance of beaches if the local towns agree. 

"All we want to do is put the plate on the table," said Committee Chair Bob Smith, D-Middlesex. 

"It's really a much better system," said Jeff Tittel of New Jersey's Sierra Club, citing how beaches are operated and maintained in southern California.

BAYONNE - The New Jersey Environmental Federation, whose members strongly endorsed Chris Christie four years ago, today denounced the Republican governor as a bad steward of the environment and threw its support behind state Sen. Barbara Buono, his Democratic challenger.

"He said he was a different kind of politician," federation board member Ben Forest said in a news conference in Bayonne, "that he would base his policies on sound science and that environmentalists would have a place at the table in his administration. He has not kept his promise."

BAYONNE - Calling her the best steward to advance environmental protection and grow the economy, the NJ Environmental Federation (NJEF) announced its endorsement of state Sen. Barbara Buono for Governor at the solar-powered Bayonne High School on Tuesday.

NJEF backed Christie in 2009 but found endorsing Buono in 2013 an easy call given a series of broken promises by Gov. Chris Christie and Buono's record and vision on issues like clean energy and green jobs.

BAYONNE - The New Jersey Environmental Federation gambled in 2009 when it decided to back Republican candidate Chris Christie over incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine.

Today, a day after Earth Day, the group claimed it made a mistake, and issued an endorsement of state Sen. Barbara Buono (D-18), the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor.

"Gov. Christie believes the economy and the environment are mutually exclusive," said Dave Pringle, leader of the NJ Environmental Federation, who vowed to lead a door-pounding effort on behalf of the challenger.

Standing in front of Bayonne High School with Buono, Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith and Assemblyman Jason O'Donnell (D-31), the federation presented a raft of beefs with the Christie administration.

BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) - Four years after it endorsed Chris Christie's gubernatorial bid, a major environmental group in New Jersey has announced its backing his likely Democratic opponent in this year's campaign.

The New Jersey Environmental Federation announced its support for state Sen. Barbara Buono's candidacy during a news conference Tuesday in Bayonne.

Group members said Christie has failed to keep most of the promises he made regarding environmental issues during his 2009 campaign. He was the first Republican the federation had ever endorsed.

Speaking at the news conference, Buono said she was happy to receive the group's endorsement.

To simplify and speed the recovery process for North Jersey residents whose homes and businesses were damaged by superstorm Sandy, the Christie administration this week waived the normal permit process for rebuilding in urban waterfront areas - a step it had already taken for Jersey Shore property owners earlier this year.

Environmentalists were quick to criticize Christie's move, saying that it will reduce oversight of development in environmentally sensitive areas and will continue the problem of development in areas prone to flooding and storm surge.