well lawmakers are back in Trenton today for the first time in months they were greeted by environmentalists who were all in on getting the state closer to 100% clean energy protesting at the State House in a call for more clean energy policies and decrying any legislation that slows New Jersey down from getting there senior correspondent Brenda Flanagan reports when I say climate you say justice climate Justice climate Justice they done with Squishy policy goals environmental Advocates want a law that sets hard deadlines for well-defined renewable energy standards in New Jersey and they made their case to lawmakers considering a bill that would require 100% clean electricity from suppliers within a dozen years so please as you're building the future don't build it dirty make it really squeaky clean Maria Lopez Nunes lives near New Jersey's largest garbage incinerator in New York an environmental justice Community where one in four kids suffers from asthma she supports the bill s 2978 which requires electricity suppliers to provide increasing amounts of clean energy 80% by 2027 85% by 2030 and 100% by 2035 the mandates would replace Governor Murphy's current executive order an executive order is only the rule as long as that executive is the execu all right there are no guarantees that the next Governor will be as green as the current governor the bill also sets standards for how much clean energy should be generated in State versus bought from outside it sets a 65% instate generation Target I understand folks think this might not be enough but it is a massive increase from our current level which is only 25% for Environmental Justice Warriors the Bill's a game Cher it will literally save lives not saying that lightly the cumulative burdens of pollution disply harm communities of color there are Health disparities in the United States that are rooted in risent income and pollution from the energy infrastructure contributes to these Health disparities but Advocates told the Senate environment and energy committee the bill should impact more than just greenhouse gases they asked for a clearer definition of clean energy as close to zero as possible for pollutants like particulates and they don't want power companies to buy their way out with carbon offsets but I do think that there's some key things that you just need to fix so that it's consistent with the intent of the law otherwise we're creating massive loopholes business Representatives also asked for more clarity and pointed to orad's recent cancellation of its two offshore wind projects they're worried about moving jobs out of State and about meeting the growing need for power we just don't think it's feasible so what we ask this committee to do is to pause uh let's take a step and plan things better let's make take the step to analyze cost better and we will eventually have a decarbonized and clean energy future but setting artificial deadlines to get there just doesn't work the committee took in all of that information and decided not to vote today they're going to make some amendments and they rescheduled a vote for December 18th at the State House in Trenton I'm Brenda Flanagan NJ Spotlight News NJ Spotlight News