Environment
We have a responsibility to our communities and our children to guarantee an environment that is clean and sustainable. This responsibility also presents opportunities to create jobs and grow our economy by inventing in, manufacturing, and installing clean energy technology and other sustainable solutions here in South Jersey, including offshore wind and solar. Environmentally sustainable policies and investments in renewable energy will create jones, reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil, and help address climate change.
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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), along with U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, today announced a total of $3,492,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to assist two New Jersey towns improve their water treatment and distributions systems.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced the City of Camden was awarded $1,500,000 in federal funding from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to purchase new zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and to build the necessary recharging, refueling and maintenance facilities.
Courier Post. By Donald Norcross
... I'm proud of the work we've done in New Jersey to preserve our natural wonders, and in recent years I've successfully worked with local and federal officials to make corporations pay to clean up the toxic waste they left behind at old factories in Gibbsboro, Pennsauken and other Superfund sites throughout the state.
Courier Post Opinion Editorial.
By Donald Norcross
As the weather gets warmer and beach season approaches, we should all be excited to be outside, taking in the blue skies and oceans and the fertile green ground beneath us. But now more than ever, as we enjoy our surroundings, our priority must be to protect and defend our environment from attack. So we need to send a message to Donald Trump and his corporate cronies in the 2018 elections: Go Green, Vote Blue.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced the City of Camden will receive $400,000 in federal funding to assess, clean up and redevelop properties, while protecting public health and the environment. The funding was made available through the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields Program, which provides funding and assistance to transform blighted sites into assets that can generate jobs and spur economic growth.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ) today announced $4,127,000 in rural development funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to replace the deteriorating and aging portions of the water and sewer systems along Thomson Avenue in Paulsboro.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), member of the House Armed Services Committee, introduced a provision in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act to provide $162 million to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
"We must focus on sustainability, follow sound science and add high-wage jobs in the energy sector," said Congressman Norcross. "By providing additional resources for energy efficiency and renewable energy, we can better meet the needs of our 21st century economy."
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that the City of Camden will be receiving $750,000 in funding from the Department of the Interior's Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program for a new waterfront park.
NBC Philadelphia. By Brendan Gee
...Congressman Donald Norcross announced the program Monday and sees a lot of potential for the project.
..."This investment will bring new construction jobs to the area – and will help provide the people in South Jersey with a safe place to relax, exercise and spend time with their families," said Congressman Norcross. "Camden is thriving – it's getting safer, it's getting greener and there are more jobs – and I look forward to even more people joining me in calling Camden home."
WASHINGTON, DC – Following President Trump's release of his detailed budget proposal that calls for the elimination of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, today, U.S. Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) led a bipartisan letter from members of the New Jersey delegation to the leaders of the House Appropriations Committee urging them to fund and retain this small, but important agency.