A day after the Earth’s hottest day on record, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP) on July 22 released its final Extreme Heat Resilience Action Plan, setting more than a hundred specific actions to be implemented by state agencies to protect residents from the impacts of extreme heat caused by a changing climate. The plan recognizes that New Jersey faces disproportionate warming, due in part to land use patterns and development density that make for conditions that set up the urban heat-island effect. The plan was developed with significant public input collected following the release of a draft plan on Earth Day.
In tandem with the Extreme Heat Resilience Action Plan, NJ DEP also released an updated Heat Hub NJ, providing the public with key information on impacts on the environment, adverse human health effects, and protecting vulnerable populations.
