Press Releases

Trenton, NJ – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that New Jersey was awarded $156,120,000 in funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar For All program. The competition, created by President Biden’s...

Trenton – On Earth Day, environmental advocates outlined an agenda to significantly reduce plastic pollution across New Jersey as the state approaches the two-year anniversary of the ban of single-use plastics bags and polystyrene food containers....

NJDEP released an advisory announcing its pilot project to provide 3,000 accessible bear-resistant trash receptacles to six municipalities, including Sparta, West Milford, Jefferson, Rockaway, Hardyston, and Hampton, with elevated bear incidents....

Trenton: A coalition of New Jersey advocates and environmental organizations including the NJ Sierra Club, ANJEC, The Nature Conservancy, and NJLCV are expressing growing frustration as Governor Murphy delays action on his promises to protect...

Trenton, NJ - Through the Assembly and Senate budget process, New Jersey Chapter Director of the Sierra Club, Anjuli Ramos-Busot and Conservation Program Manager, Taylor McFarland, testified on the state’s fiscal year 2025 budget.

Trenton, NJ - Tuesday evening, Governor Phil Murphy reauthorized New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund for five more years. The fund’s purpose is to invest in modernizing and maintaining New Jersey’s transportation infrastructure, while providing...

Trenton, NJ – Today, Senator Bob Smith’s New Jersey Clean Energy Act of 2024 , S237/A1480, was released at the Senate Environment and Energy Committee, making the codification of the state’s target for 100 percent clean electricity by 2035 one step...

TRENTON, NJ - Today, the Senate Environment Committee voted to release the Green Amendment (SCR43, Greenstein, Zwicker) in New Jersey which would amend the state’s constitution to recognize our right to clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet....

Trenton, NJ - Members of Clean Energy Action Now (CLEAN), a campaign dedicated to increasing awareness of the health, economic and climate benefits of an equitable clean energy future, hosted a rally ahead of a joint Senate Environment and Energy...

Trenton – At the fifth hearing for NJ Transit’s 10-county rolling 15% fare hike hearings, a broad set of advocates came out to call for Governor Murphy, legislative leaders and NJ Transit to move forward on stable dedicated funding for NJ Transit...