The startling climate change report issued Monday by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was very clear: The climate crisis, caused by humans, is worsening extreme weather around the globe.
That’s been obvious in recent weeks in New Jersey as we’ve experienced severe flooding and had five tornadoes touch down. The effects of climate change are once again top of mind. The science is clear that these sorts of extreme weather events will only worsen and become more frequent if we don’t take swift action to reduce emissions. The cleanest and cheapest energy is the energy we don’t use; this is the idea behind energy efficiency measures. Gov. Phil Murphy now has the opportunity to sign the new C-PACE bill (A2374/S1953) into law to help businesses and apartment building owners save energy, money by increasing energy efficiency…
