Environment

Leonard Lance’s Pro-Environment Record

CLIMATE CHANGE:  As a member of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, Leonard Lance is a cosponsor of a congressional resolution calling for innovative solutions to protect the nation's economic and national security from the growing challenges of climate change.

OPPOSES OFF-SHORE DRILLING:  Leonard Lance has long-opposed oil and gas drilling and exploration in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Lance has consistently been part of the New Jersey congressional delegation’s long-standing and bipartisan opposition to efforts by Republican and Democratic presidents to issue new drilling leases in these waters.

CLEANING UP SUPERFUND SITES:  Leonard Lance voted for the fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill that included an additional $66 million to accelerate the cleanup of New Jersey Superfund sites, including 13 sites in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District.

CLEANING UP BROWNFIELDS:  As a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Leonard Lance helped championed bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the successful Brownfields Program through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that is tasked with remediation and redevelopment of 419 contaminated sites in New Jersey – including contaminated sites in Dover, East Amwell, Phillipsburg, Roxbury and Somerville.

INCREASING LAND & WATER CONSERVATION FUND:  Leonard Lance is a cosponsor of legislation to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) permanently.  Lance also voted for the fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill that included $425 million for the LWCF – a $25 million increase over the previous year’s funding.

PROTECTING THE DELAWARE RIVER BASIN:  Leonard Lance voted for the fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill that included $5 million he helped secure to implement the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act.

“NO” TO DRILLING IN ARCTIC REFUGE:  Leonard Lance was one of 12 Republicans to sign a letter to congressional leaders objecting to a provision in the tax bill that would allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

PROTECTING EPA FROM BUDGET CUTS:  Leonard Lance voted against an amendment that would have cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) budget by approximately $1.9 billion.

PENN EAST PIPELINE OPPONENT:  Leonard Lance is one of the leading congressional opponents of the Penn East pipeline project.