Governor Jon Corzine signed into the law the New Jersey Global Warming Response Act (A3301/S2114) on Friday July 6, 2007. This important new law requires greenhouse gas emissions in the state to be reduced to 1990 levels by the year 2020 and to 80 percent of 2006 emission levels by 2050. Crucially, the requirement includes not only emissions from electricity generated outside New Jersey but also from electricity generated elsewhere and consumed within the State -- recognizing that our environmental actions and their effects extend across political boundaries, so the solutions must look beyond boundaries as well. This approach accords with the watershed-management way of approaching environmental issues, by assessing and planning on an ecoregional basis. No wonder that 3 of the 5 Primary Sponsors of the bill in the Assembly (all 3 of whom spoke at the signing ceremony) represent constituents in the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed: Assemblywoman Linda Stender, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora and Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein. | 
