To: New Jersey Senate & Assembly
Re: SCR 134/ACR 85, the NJ Green Amendment

We, the undersigned support the passage of SCR134/ACR85 which will Amend Article I of the New Jersey State Constitution by adding a new paragraph 24 to read as follows:

(a) Every person has a right to a clean and healthy environment, including pure water, clean air, and ecologically healthy habitats, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic, and esthetic qualities of the environment. The State shall not infringe upon these rights, by action or inaction.

(b) The State’s public natural resources, among them its waters, air, flora, fauna, climate, and public lands, are the common property of all the people, including both present and future generations. The State shall serve as trustee of these resources, and shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all people.

(c) This paragraph and the rights stated herein are (1) self-executing, and (2) shall be in addition to any rights conferred by the public trust doctrine or common law.

Respectfully,

Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, Delaware Riverkeeper Network
Julia Somers, Executive Director, New Jersey Highlands Coalition
Jeff Tittel, Director, NJ Sierra Club
Doug O'Malley, Director, Environment New Jersey
Amy Goldsmith, State Director, Clean Water Action
George Cassa, Policy Committee Co-Chair, Raritan Headwaters Association
Tim Dillingham, American Littoral Society
Bill Schultz, Riverkeeper, Raritan Riverkeeper
Jane Morton Galetto, Board President, Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and Its Tributaries, Inc.
David Pringle, Principal, David Pringle Associates LLC
Vincent DiBianca, Founder, DiBianca Associates LLC
Chris Foglio, President, BOT, Homeowners Against Land Taking (HALT)
Dr. Lynn L. Siebert, President, Burnham Park Association
William Honachefsky Jr, Vice President, Union Forge Heritage Association
Suzanne Wilder, President, Musconetcong Mountain Conservancy
Franklin E Vilas, Priest in Charge, St. James' Episcopal Church
James Hollywood, Trustee, Citizens for Sustainable Planning
Alison Mitchell, Policy Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation
John Thonet, President, Thonet Associates, Inc.
Jaclyn Rhoads, Assistant Executive Director, Pinelands Preservation Alliance
Fletcher Harper, Executive Director, GreenFaith
Paul Sanderson, Loantaka Group, Sierra Club
Ken, Organizer, Coalition Against the Pilgrim Pipeline - New Jersey
Jackie Schramm, Coordinator, Franciscan Response
Dante DiPirro, President, the Sourland Conservancy
Steven Mania, Environmental Connection, Inc.
Alan, Hunt, Executive Director, Musconetcong Watershed Association
Renee Allessio, Board Member, Sustainable West Milford
Patricia Ruby, Executive Director, Hunterdon Land Trust
Lena Smith, Senior Organizer, Policy Advocate, Food & Water Watch
Susan Dorward, Sustainability & Energy Coordinator, Raritan Valley Community College