About ReThink Energy NJ

With the backing of tens of thousands of advocates, ReThink Energy NJ provides research and information about proposed natural gas pipelines and the benefits of clean, renewable energy. Our goal is to educate the public and decision makers about the health, safety, and environmental risks of fossil fuel infrastructure and combustion, and to highlight pathways to achieve a clean energy future with an emphasis on the electric and building sectors in particular.

In 2018, ReThink Energy NJ worked closely with the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and our partners at the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, Environmental Defense Fund, and the Natural Resources Defense Council to secure passage of landmark clean energy legislation and a state Energy Master Plan to achieve 100% clean energy. New Jersey is now one of the leading U.S. states in developing clean, renewable energy sources, but there’s more work to be done.

In 2021, ReThink Energy NJ helped defeat the PennEast pipeline, a proposed fossil gas pipeline that would have cut through environmentally-sensitive parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. For seven years, ReThink Energy NJ worked alongside environmental advocates, residents, federal, state and local elected officials to fight against the unneeded pipeline, which was canceled after facing tremendous opposition and a series of legal challenges that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.