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Newark council advances ordinance to bar city funding for fossil-fuel projects after environmental group testimony
Summary
The Newark Municipal Council advanced on first reading an ordinance to prohibit using city funds to develop or expand fossil‑fuel projects after testimony from the South Ward Environmental Alliance urging clearer language and technical revisions.
The Newark Municipal Council advanced on first reading an ordinance intended to prohibit the use of city funds for developing or expanding fossil‑fuel projects, after members and an environmental group pressed for precise language.
Dr. Leah Owens of the South Ward Environmental Alliance told the council the measures “are about prohibiting the expansion of fossil fuels so that we can breathe clean…
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