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Residents ask Parsippany council to back New Jersey Climate Superfund Act; mayor to seek League of Municipalities opinion
Summary
Multiple residents urged the Parsippany (Troy Hills) Township Council to pass a resolution supporting the New Jersey Climate Superfund Act at the Jan. 7 public session; council leadership said it will send the idea to the League of Municipalities for review and consider placing a resolution on a future agenda.
At the Jan. 7 public session of the Township Council of Parsippany (Troy Hills), residents urged the council to support the proposed New Jersey Climate Superfund Act and asked the council to adopt a local resolution backing the bill.
Ken Dalski, who identified himself as a Parsippany resident, brought a model resolution and asked the council to consider it. He said the bill would apply the “polluter pays” logic of Superfund cleanup law to greenhouse-gas emissions and asserted municipalities could receive grant funds to cover climate-related costs. "Participation in this effort will not involve any financial or legal risk to Parsippany," Dalski told the council.
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