Proof That Signing a Petition Can Make a Difference!

I received the following email today because I along with many others signed a petition to help the Barnegat Bay.

Victory for NJ's Water and Environment!

Hello Marc,

Our members are what make everything happen! Thanks to your support, the New Jersey Environmental Federation, Clean Water Action's New Jersey chapter, recently celebrated two victories that will help protect New Jersey's water and environment.

Bill to help Barnegat Bay moves out of committee

Thanks to the support of coalition partners and New JerseyEnvironmental Federation staff and members, the state Senate and Assembly environmental committees recently voted yes on a package of bills that will help ease stress on Barnegat Bay. On August 17th, the bills were sent to the floor of the New Jersey Legislature. We are now working to ensure the measures make it to the Governor's desk for signing in their current and strongest forms.

This is a tremendous victory for Barnegat Bay and New Jersey's waters. One measure, S-1411/A-2290, will help reduce fertilizer pollution around Barnegat Bay, an ecosystem facing serious pollution threats from the misuse and overuse of phosphate and nitrogen-based fertilizers. Fertilizer runoff is literally sucking the life out of Barnegat Bay, leading to eutrophication (i.e. excessive nitrogen buildup, which depletes oxygen in the water, causes algal blooms, disrupts marine ecoystems from the ground up, and leads to a proliferation of jellyfish).

The New Jersey Environmental Federation helped gather thousands of letters, e-mails and faxes in support of these measures. Read more about this campaign.