Environmentalists’ New Jersey plans highlight ‘cheap, clean’ energy pitch

Environmental groups are circulating new analysis of the energy cost benefits in New Jersey of proposed policies including expediting renewable energy and requiring data centers to deploy their own clean power, underscoring their renewed focus on the economic benefits of low-carbon power, Inside EPA reported.

The analysis, commissioned by Natural Resources Defense Council and Evergreen Collaborative, supports four categories of administrative or legislative policies and aligns with advocates’ efforts to tout “cheaper and cleaner” renewable power, in the wake...