To: Members of the New Jersey Senate & Assembly
Re: ACR72/SCR15, the NJ Green Amendment

We, the undersigned, support the passage of ACR72/SCR15 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.

Please co-sponsor and otherwise do all you can help to get it on the ballot this year. It already has 49 Democratic and 9 Republican sponsors and it's past time for our right to clean air and water be heard.

Respectfully,