#EOAS in the News: COVID-19, Racial Injustice and Climate Change Require a Bold Approach, Not Incrementalism

EOAS faculty member Jeanne Herb and Rutgers Climate Institute Associate Director Marjorie Kaplan write an op-ed for the Star Ledger in which they argue “now is the time to act on advancing a healthy, resilient, sustainable, and fair New Jersey.

With a nation rattled by a public health emergency, a deep recession that has left thousands jobless, and growing signs of climate change, it may be time for bold new ideas to address those crises.

EOAS faculty members Jeanne Herb and Marjorie Kaplan write an op-ed for the Star Ledger in which they argue that now is the time to act on advancing a healthy, resilient, sustainable and fair New Jersey.
Marjorie Kaplan, left, and Jeanne Herb.

“This is too good a crisis to go to waste” was the message of the two-part virtual convening Rebuilding New Jersey after COVID-19: Advancing a Healthy, Resilient, Sustainable and Fair Garden State held June 12 and 17, by the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center, the New Jersey Climate Change Alliance and the Eagleton Institute of Politics.

Read the full story in the Star Ledger here

Listen to the two-part virtual conference “Rebuilding New Jersey after COVID-19: Advancing a Healthy, Resilient, Sustainable and Fair Garden State” held June 12 & 17 on the #EOAS YouTube channel.