Rally Planned On Hoboken's Pier To Support Making Polluters Pay

HOBOKEN, NJ — New Jersey unions, students, environmental activist groups, and officials are planning to rally on Thursday on Pier A in Hoboken to demand that state legislators support the Climate Superfund Act.

The act makes fossil fuel corporations pay for pollution they cause, specifically when it leads to climate change and resulting damage.

They are asking New Jersey representatives to pass the law when they return from summer recess.

Local Assemblyman John Allen (D-32nd) co-sponsored the legislation with State Sen. John McKeon (D-27th)

Forty-five New Jersey towns have supported the legislation.

The act is modeled after similar legislation passed by other Northeastern states, as well as the original Superfund Act, which required polluters to pay to clean up contaminated sites.

Proponents say, "Extreme climate events cost the U.S. $150 billion each year – an estimate that doesn't account for loss of life, healthcare-related costs, and damage to our environment. These are costs that disproportionately impact poor and disadvantaged communities1. These massive and rapidly increasing costs already fall upon our residents and taxpayers."

The rally will take place at 11 a.m. on Pier A, 100 Sinatra Drive, a short walk from the Hoboken Train Terminal.

Among the key organizers of the event is a nonprofit founded in 2024 called the Climate Revolution Action Network, which says it has 10,000 Gen-Z members statewide.

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