We Applaud Governor Murphy’s Fracking Ban Executive Order

A message from New Jersey Conservation Foundation and ReThink Energy NJ campaign director Tom Gilbert

Click to Tweet: Let’s applaud Governor Murphy for protecting New Jersey and our drinking water by supporting a ban on the dangerous, destructive practice of fracking in the Delaware River Basin. http://ow.ly/SkDc30jsQVF

February 1, 2018 – Today, Tom Gilbert issued the following statement: “We applaud Governor Murphy for protecting New Jersey and our drinking water by supporting a ban on the dangerous, destructive practice of fracking in the Delaware River Basin.

“Just as we don’t need the public health threats of fracking, we also don’t need fossil fuel pipelines like PennEast that would pump fracked gas into the state. It would be senseless to jeopardize the Delaware River — which serves as a source of drinking water, commerce, and recreation for our state and our region — by exposing it to the environmental threats posed by fracking and fossil fuel pipelines.

“The new administration has a clear vision for clean energy for our state, and polluting pipelines like PennEast are inconsistent with that future.”