Press Releases Archive

Press Releases Prior to 2018

September, 2017
Friday, 8 September	DRBC Proposes to Ban Fracking in Delaware Basin: Victory!
August, 2017
Friday, 11 August	Confirmed FERC Appointments Could Mean Pipelines Pushed Through DEP Rule Attacks Environment and Coastal Areas
July, 2017
Friday, 7 July	SC Submits Comments on Dangerous Wetlands Rules Budget Positive: Unethical Pinelands Bill Blocked Getting Gateway Tunnel Moving With Draft EIS
June, 2017
Tuesday, 27 June	NJ Stands Up to Trump and Christie on Paris, Climate
Friday, 9 June	Climate Change Resolutions Pass Assembly
Thursday, 8 June	Frelinghuysen Must Stand With Us Against Trump Christie Declares War on Wetlands
May, 2017
Tuesday, 9 May	Trump Nominates Fossil Fools to FERC
April, 2017
Monday, 10 April	Sierra Club Sues Today Against SJ Gas Pipeline Approval by Pinelands Commission
Friday, 7 April	FERC Releases Final EIS for PennEast: Battle is On
March, 2017
Tuesday, 28 March	Trump Declares War on Climate Change and Clean Air with Executive Orders
Wednesday, 22 March	Sierra Club Endorses Phil Murphy for Governor
Tuesday, 7 March	DEP Rubberstamps NJNGas SRL Pipeline Permits
February, 2017
Friday, 24 February	Pinelands Commission Sells Out Pines for South Jersey Gas Pipeline
January, 2017
Friday, 20 January	President Trump’s First Acts After Sworn In: Attack Environment and Climate Change
December, 2016
Tuesday, 20 December	Highlands DEP Rule Override Resolution Passed in Assembly Legislature Stands Up to Christie: Book Deal, Legal Notice Bills Held
Tuesday, 13 December	BPU Approves SJGas Pinelands Pipeline: One-Two Punch
Monday, 5 December	EPA Holds Meeting Tomorrow on 1,4 Dioxane at Ringwood Ford Superfund Site
November, 2016
Wednesday, 9 November	Sierra Club’s Election Round-Up
Tuesday, 8 November	PennEast Public Comment Reopened on DEIS: Small Victory
Monday, 7 November	Victory for the Pinelands Against SJ Gas Pipeline
Tuesday, 1 November	More Dirty Air for Newark with DEP Permit DEP Water Permit Sellout for SJ Gas Pinelands Pipeline
October, 2016
Friday, 28 October	Federal Government Announces Leases for New York Offshore Wind
Wednesday, 5 October	DEP Schedules Drought Hearing When They Haven't Listened Victory! PSEG Closes Hudson and Mercer Coal Plants
September, 2016
Thursday, 29 September	Sierra Club Endorses Josh Gottheimer for U.S. Congress
Thursday, 22 September	Bringing the Dakota Access Pipeline Fight to its Owners in Pennsylvania
Friday, 9 September	DEP Tire Audit Shows Budgets Have Consequences
August, 2016
Thursday, 4 August	B.L. England Permit Rubberstamped by Christie Admin.: Dirty Deal for Dirty Air
July, 2016
Friday, 8 July	Delays at the Water Quality Institute Threatens Public Health Former NJ Governors File to Stop SJ Gas Pinelands Pipeline
June, 2016
Friday, 10 June	Highlands Septic Density Rules Comment Period Extended FERC Grants Rehearing for Transco GSE Compressor Station: First Win Atlantic Sturgeon Designation Will Impact Mercer and Salem Power Plants
May, 2016
Thursday, 5 May	Long Beach Island: Dunes or Doomed?
Monday, 2 May	Gov. Vetoes Bill to Help Offshore Wind
April, 2016
Monday, 25 April	Sierra Club Sues Over Approval of NJNGas SRL Pipeline
Wednesday, 13 April	B.L. England Applies for DEP Air Permit: Dirty Deal for Dirty Air
Friday, 8 April	Senator Lesniak to Block Christie's Lawsuit Against Clean Power Plan FERC Rubberstamps Transco GSE Compressor Station
Wednesday, 6 April	Christie Still Misleading on Lead in NJ
March, 2016
Thursday, 31 March	Sierra Club Submits Comments on Sparta Mountain Logging Plan
Wednesday, 30 March	NJ Ending Tailpipe Emission Testing
Thursday, 24 March	Six Flags Solar Sell-Out: Clear-Cut Approved
Tuesday, 22 March	Governor’s Budget Steals from the Environment: Priorities are Wrong
Tuesday, 15 March	Obama Cancels Plans for Offshore Drilling: Victory for the environment and the Atlantic!
Monday, 14 March	EPA’s Pompton Lakes Clean-Up Plan Will Fail
Friday, 11 March	NJ Transit Strike Will Cause a Commuter Crisis Newark School Memo on Lead in Water: Smoking Gun
Wednesday, 9 March	Sierra Club Statement on Lead in Newark Drinking Water
Tuesday, 8 March	DEP Puts Flood Hazard Rules On Hold: DEP Already Playing Games
Friday, 4 March	Passaic River Cleanup Announced: Toxic Nightmare Continues Passaic River Cleanup Announced: Toxic Nightmare Continues
February, 2016
Wednesday, 24 February	Elcon Hosts Public Meeting on Proposed Hazardous Waste Facility in Falls Township
Tuesday, 23 February	Legislative Hearing on Lead in our Drinking Water Great Mis-Adventure Solar Hearing Tonight Banning Smoking in Beaches and Parks Bill Released from Asm Comm
Monday, 22 February	EPA Comes Out Against Second DEP Water Rule
Friday, 19 February	EPA to Test Ringwood Superfund Area for Toxins NJ Gets Federal Monies for Trail Work: State Funds Still Lacking
Thursday, 18 February	Governor’s Budget Wrong for NJ Gov Nominates Leader for Broken Transportation Department
Wednesday, 17 February	Governor Budget Address: Unreal
January, 2016
Thursday, 28 January	BPU Approves NJNGas Pipelines: Another Sell-Out
December, 2015
Thursday, 10 December	Pilgrim Pipeline Makes False Claims on Reducing GHGs
Tuesday, 1 December	Governor Christie is a Climate Crisis PennEast Pipeline to be Delayed: Public Opposition Working
November, 2015
Wednesday, 18 November	Pilgrim Pipeline Applies for NY Permits NJ Next
Thursday, 12 November	Gateway Tunnel Moving Forward: Will N.J. Have its ? Cuomo Vetoes Port Ambrose LNG: Victory for our Coasts
Friday, 6 November	Keystone XL Pipeline Stopped-Victory! Pilgrim Pipeline Next
October, 2015
Monday, 19 October	Christie Attacks Highlands Rules by Weakening Protections
August, 2015
Friday, 14 August	Video of Sneak Attack of Pinelands Today
June, 2015
Monday, 29 June	Senate Round-Up: Exxon, Pilgrim, Clean Water, and Trains
Wednesday, 3 June	Exxon Sell Out Hearing in Bayonne
Monday, 1 June	Important Energy Bills Pass Committee DEP Flood Rules Will Create More Flooding
May, 2015
Friday, 29 May	Monday's Environmental/Energy Bills NMFS Authorizes Seismic Survey off the New Jersey Coast Christie Runs Out of Excuses on Holding Open Space Funding
Thursday, 28 May	Paulsboro Terminal Included in Exxon Dirty Deal
Thursday, 21 May	South Jersey Gas Sellout: Pipeline is Back Sweeney Bill Protects Liberty State Park
Friday, 8 May	First Bad Air Day- Shows we still have Air Pollution Problems
Tuesday, 5 May	Seaside Heights Beach Giveaway
April, 2015
Tuesday, 21 April	Leaders Join Together in Linden to Call for Better Environmental Protections on Earth Day NJ Transit Take a Hike
Tuesday, 14 April	Natural Gas Pipeline through the Pinelands Gains Opposition Federal Legislation to Protect the Delaware Watershed
Wednesday, 8 April	Water Quality Institute Releases PFOA Report: Will Christie listen?
Tuesday, 7 April	Water Quality Institute Will Finally Meet Again N.J. Sierra Club Begins Campaign against Exxon Settlement
Monday, 6 April	Exxon Settlement Biggest Sellout Ever!
Thursday, 2 April	Great Adventure’s New Attraction: Clear Cut Forests
March, 2015
Tuesday, 31 March	We Applaud Morris County for Opposing the Pilgrim Pipeline Coast Guard Stops Port Liberty LNG for Now More False Claims Issued in another PennEast Report EPA Mercury Rule at Supreme Court but not N.J. Oyster Creek- Another Shutdown Shows More Problems with Age EPA Cornell-Dubilier Settlement Does not go far enough
Tuesday, 24 March	EPA Mercury Rule at Supreme Court but not N.J.
Friday, 20 March	Oil Spill Bill passes Committee
Tuesday, 17 March	Class II Renewable Bill Passed in State Senate
Thursday, 12 March	DEP Issues Permits to Keep Polluting Our Waterways BOEM Meeting Coming Up to Address Drilling in the Atlantic
Tuesday, 10 March	Protect the Pinelands Bus Tour and Rally Tomorrow Governor Christie ‘GOOD DEAL’: Yeah for Exxon
Monday, 9 March	Christie says, "I am Dismantling Environmental Protections"
Friday, 6 March	Another Rail Car Disaster: More Crude Trains Mean More Disaster Attorney General Tries to Spin Exxon Sellout
Thursday, 5 March	Senate Session Cancelled: Small Victory for Pinelands
Tuesday, 3 March	Expanding the Bear Hunt Makes No Sense
Monday, 2 March	Four Former Governors Oppose Pinelands Nominee
February, 2015
Friday, 27 February	Christie Exxon Settlement Sell Out for New Jersey PSE&G Denies Pilgrim Pipeline Access to Rights-of-Way Christie Exxon Settlement Sell Out for New Jersey
Thursday, 26 February	PennEast Scoping Hearing Tonight- Tell FERC No Pipeline
Tuesday, 24 February	President Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Bill Governor Christie's Flawed Budget Targets Environment Barr Appointed to Pinelands Commission PennEast N.J. Scoping Hearings this Week
Monday, 23 February	Clean Energy Bill Used for Dirty Power Passed
Friday, 20 February	Clean Energy Bill Being Used for Dirty Power
Wednesday, 11 February	Open Space Bill Hurts Urban Areas, Parks, and Logs our Forests
Tuesday, 10 February	Wanaque Adopts Resolution Opposing Pilgrim Pipeline Scoping a Disaster — Sierra Club Statement on PennEast Pipeline Bill Passes That Violates Public Trust & Public Access
Thursday, 5 February	Governor Christie Sells Out The Meadowlands New Route Targets Lambertville
Tuesday, 3 February	Re: Fwd: request for comment on penneast for Hopewell Valley News and Lambertville Beacon stories
Monday, 2 February	President EO on Climate will Help Us Rebuild Smarter & Better
January, 2015
Friday, 23 January	We Need to Bar Barr from the Pinelands
Thursday, 22 January	Meadowlands Bill Eliminated Meadowlands Protections
Monday, 19 January	Bills that Weaken Environmental Protections
Tuesday, 13 January	New Jersey’s State of Spin
December, 2014
Wednesday, 17 December	NJ Sierra Club Applauds NY Fracking Ban! Where’s Christie?
October, 2014
Wednesday, 29 October	Two Years After Sandy, New Jersey Still Recovering
Monday, 20 October	Open Space lose the Environment Looses
Friday, 17 October	Privatization Bill Threatens Clean Water
Thursday, 16 October	Pinelands Victory! Nominees Held
Wednesday, 1 October	Environmental Coalition Urges Mercer County Residents to Support Plastic Bag Ballot Question
September, 2014
Tuesday, 9 September	Transco Environmental Review Wrong, Ignores Impacts
Monday, 8 September	Sierra Club Submits Comments on RGGI Withdrawal Rule
August, 2014
Wednesday, 6 August	Taking the Fenimore Fight to Trenton Christie Pulls out of RGGI Again Fly Over to Stop Frack Waste DEP Coastal Rules Sell Out our Coast Casino Not a Sterling Idea
July, 2014
Monday, 7 July	Christie Pulls out of RGGI Again
June, 2014
Thursday, 26 June	Park Smoking Ban Bill Passes both Houses FRACKING WASTE BAN PASSES ASSEMBLY, Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk
Monday, 16 June	Logging Legislation Up on Monday Passaic Cleanup First Phase Completed DEP Coastal Rules Sell Out our Coast
April, 2014
Wednesday, 9 April	Governor Vetoes Pinelands Minutes Part of New Push for Pipeline
March, 2014
Monday, 24 March	Sierra Club is Sadden by the Passing of Longtime Activist Jane Tousman
February, 2014
Thursday, 27 February	Sierra Club Mourns Loss of Mark Becker
Tuesday, 18 February	Re: Representative Rush Holt, of New Jersey, Will Not Seek Re-election - NYTimes.com
January, 2014
Tuesday, 28 January	Pete Seeger Will Be Missed But Legacy Will Continue
Thursday, 23 January	Governor Christie Out Vetoes Himself
Friday, 10 January	Major Victory for Pinelands Protections as Pipeline Rejected
October, 2013
Thursday, 31 October	Sierra Club Calls for Energy Efficiency and Renewables in PSE&G Energy Strong Rate Case
Wednesday, 30 October	HUD Calls for Action on Climate, Will Christie Listen?
Thursday, 24 October	Superstorm Sandy Recovery Report Cards Call for More Action
Tuesday, 22 October	PSE&G Playing Politics with Energy Strong Arm Environmentalists Intervene to Oppose Pipeline Expansion Project
Monday, 21 October	One Year After Sandy Changes Still Needed
Thursday, 10 October	Climate Change Focus of Assembly Committee Hearing Climate Change Focus of Assembly Committee Hearing
Tuesday, 1 October	Organizations Seek Orders Compelling Agency Action on Salem Nuclear Generating Station and Delaware City Refinery Clean Water Act Permits Organizations Seek Orders Compelling Agency Action on Salem Nuclear Generating Station and Delaware City Refinery Clean Water Act Permits
September, 2013
Tuesday, 10 September	Sierra Club Backs Mayor Cory Booker for US Senate
August, 2013
Monday, 19 August	Sierra Club Files for Injunction on Power Line in Court Senate Passes Economic Opportunity Act Logging Bill Conditionally Vetoed, Third Party Certification Removed HUD Calls for Smarter, Greener Sandy Rebuild Standards
Thursday, 15 August	Stronger Than the Next Storm?
Monday, 12 August	DEP Climate Report Contradicts Christie
Friday, 9 August	Sierra Club Highlands Report Card F Grade
Wednesday, 7 August	Gov. Signs Sandy Spending Bill that Doesnt Mention Sea Level Rise Bill Signed Making it Easier to Elevate Structures for Future Storms PSEG Rate Case Hearings Soon Passaic River Cleanup Continues
July, 2013
Wednesday, 24 July	Sierra Club Joins Campaign to Save Palisades Again
Friday, 19 July	BPU Stalls Wind Off NJs Coast
Wednesday, 17 July	Committee Releases Federal Pipeline Bill Limiting Community & Environmental Review OLS Audit: DEP Not Collecting Fines or Permit Fees, Letting Developers Off the Hook
Monday, 15 July	Enviros Call on BPU to Promote Energy Efficiency To Prepare for Future Extreme Weather Including Storms Like Sandy
Friday, 12 July	Sierra Club Statement on the Passing of Toshi Seeger More Pollution With Less Enforcement
Wednesday, 10 July	More Pollution With Less Enforcement Hearing Tonight on LNG Proposal Off New Jerseys Coast
Tuesday, 2 July	Wanaque Withdrawal Permit Puts Water at Risk
Monday, 1 July	Enviro Groups Request Veto of Logging Bill Sierra Club Opposes Transco Pipeline in Federal Filing
June, 2013
Thursday, 27 June	Economic Opportunism Act Passes Assembly
Tuesday, 25 June	Sierra Applauds Presidents Historic Climate Change Action Plan
Monday, 24 June	FY2014 Budget Goes to Governors Desk Open Space Funding Held
Friday, 21 June	Enviro Groups Oppose Sales Tax Dedication for Open Space Funding
Wednesday, 19 June	Unlikely Allies Unite to Oppose Two Dirty Water Bills
Tuesday, 18 June	Toxicology Reports on Frack Waste Shipments Show Threat to NJ Drinking Water
Monday, 17 June	GMO Labeling Bill Passes Committee Bill Held that would Exempt Private Colleges from Land Use Laws
Thursday, 13 June	Salazar Sells Out Delaware Water Gap to Powerline Companies
Tuesday, 11 June	BL England Needs Cooling Towers Now
Monday, 3 June	Sierra Club Will Miss Frank Lautenberg an Environmental Hero
May, 2013
Thursday, 30 May	Port Authority Sandy Too Little Too Late
Wednesday, 29 May	Sierra Club Backs Senator Barbara Buono for Governor
Monday, 13 May	Coastal Commission Released from Committee
Thursday, 9 May	Taking COAH Money Means More Sprawl
April, 2013
Tuesday, 30 April	BPU Puts Solar Program in the Shade
Monday, 29 April	HUD Approves NJ Inaction Plan for Coast
Friday, 26 April	PSEG Taking Over LIPA Bad for NJ
Tuesday, 23 April	Additional $10 Million in Clean Energy Funding Diverted
Monday, 22 April	Waiver Rule Challenged in State Supreme Court
Friday, 19 April	Fertilizer Bill Goes into Effect AC Lowering Dunes is Losing Bet
Thursday, 18 April	DEP Coastal Rule Changes are for the Worse
Tuesday, 16 April	JCP&L Rate Increase Request Should Be Denied
Monday, 15 April	Gov. Signs Fake Farmland Reform Bill
Thursday, 11 April	Ocean County Sierra Club Volunteer Honored At White House Important Court Win for Highlands TDR Program Funding Targets Environmentally Sensitive Areas Highlands Annual Report Full of Spin Feds Should Change Gov. Christies Rebuilding Plan Coastal Sewer Plans Threaten Coast Sierra Club Asks for Investigation of Polluter Games Broad Coalition Calls for Override of Fracking Waste Ban Bill 6 Months after Gov.s Veto Gov.s Action Plan Leaves NJ Vulnerable to Next Storm FEMA Mapping DEP Hearing Tonight Pipelines Need More Review By DRBC
March, 2013
Tuesday, 5 March	Sierra Club Testimony at Senate Budget Committee
Friday, 1 March	Coalition Voices Opposition to Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion in Princeton Area
February, 2013
Thursday, 14 February	Senator Lautenberg an "Environmental Champion" Retires
Tuesday, 5 February	Governor Ignores Climate Change in Sandy Rebuilding
January, 2013
Friday, 25 January	NJ Sierra Club Joins Court Challenge of TGP Pipeline Christies Policies Leave Shore Vulnerable to Future Storm Christie to Make Announcement on FEMA Maps and Rebuilding Offshore Wind A Step Closer New Jersey Vulnerable to Fracking and Fracking Waste With End of Moratorium NJ TRI Data Released Sewage Pollution Bill Up Thursday Bill to Destroy Horseshoe Crabs Up State Plan Changes Target Highlands Protections NJDEP Petitions EPA to Get Around Clean Air Act Sierra Club Calls on BPU to Rescind Susquehanna-Roseland Approval in Wake of Hurricane Sandy
Tuesday, 8 January	Sierra Club Response to State of the State Sierra Club Continues Fight on TGP Pipeline Victory for Clean Air: Soot Rule Appeal Sierra Club Calls for Closing of Oyster Creek Bills Let Sewage Treatment Plants Off the Hook Feds Approve Offshore Wind Credits
December, 2012
Thursday, 27 December	Statement on Jackson Leaving EPA: Washingtons Loss in NJs Gain
Friday, 14 December	Farmland Preservation Enviros Present Principles for Sandy Recovery Presidents EO Aims to Rebuild Better After Sandy
Tuesday, 11 December	Sierra Club Statement on Sen. Buonos Gubernatorial Run
Thursday, 6 December	Sierra Club Files for Injunction on Power Line in Federal Court Transco Pipeline Diversions Approved by State House Commission DRBC Approves Power Line Through Delaware Water Gap Pipelines Need More Review By DRBC Need Utility Accountability at Committee Hearing Changes Needed After Derailment Enviro Groups Request Rehearing on Destructive Pipeline Cover Up Not Oversight: Committee Hearing Avoids Tough Questions on Hurricane Sandy Derailment Part of Bigger Problems Hearing on Water Withdrawals for Destructive Pipeline Bus Tour Calls for Override Vote on Fracking Waste Ban Bill CLOSTER COUNCILMAN RECEIVES SIERRA CLUBS VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD Sandy Budget Committee Hearing: Need Tough Choices on Rebuilding
November, 2012
Thursday, 15 November	Restore the Shore the Right Way Senator Buono Requests Rehearing on TGP Pipeline Christie Full of Wind Final State Strategic Plan Delayed Sierra Club Celebrates Enviro Leaders and Volunteers Sierra Club Asks for EPA Oversight on DEP ACO Environmental Champions Secure Victory in Election
Tuesday, 6 November	DEP ACO Excuse to Get Rid of Enviro Protections
Friday, 2 November	BPU & Utilities are Making Hurricane Sandy Impacts Worse
October, 2012
Wednesday, 31 October	Pres. Obama and Gov. Christie Tour Damage to Shore Oyster Creek Under Alert After Sandy Sandy Creates Witches Brew of Chemicals
Friday, 26 October	Frankenstorm Coming Towards New Jersey, Christies Policies Make Impacts Worse
Monday, 22 October	ENVIRONMENTALISTS DEFEAT PROPOSED COAL AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION PLANT IN LINDEN
Friday, 19 October	New Jersey Sierra Clubs Statement on Mercks Move
Thursday, 18 October	EPA Helps New Jerseys Water More than Christie
Wednesday, 17 October	NJ Sierra Club Opposes Exempting Private Colleges from Land Use Laws
Friday, 12 October	Anti-Beach Access Rules Finalized Court Rejects Special Interests Joining Waiver Rule Lawsuit NJ Energy Efficiency Ranking Dropping
Wednesday, 3 October	NPS Sells Out Delaware Water Gap, Sierra Club Will Challenge Powerline in Court Millville Polluter Let Off the Hook Appellate Court Upholds Beach Access
September, 2012
Thursday, 27 September	Court Decision Rolls Back Toxic Site Cleanup Standards Christie Dumps Enviros from D&R Canal Commission Fracking Override: Legislature Needs to Stand Up to Christie & Stand for Clean Water State House Commission Violates Public Trust for PSEG
Friday, 21 September	Christie Vetoes Fracking Waste Bill Permit Extension Act Signed Senator Menendez Requests Rehearing on TGP Pipeline Christie Nominates D&R Canal Commissioners Anti-Fracking Week of Action: Gov. Christie, Sign Fracking Wastewater Bill Christie Spins on Open Space While Cutting Funding Destructive Pipeline Highlights Impacts of Fracking on NJ Court Decision Protects Dunes Sierra Club Applauds EPA Proposal to Add Woolwich Site to Superfund List EPA Adds Orange Toxic Site to Superfund List State Strategic Plan Targets Environment
Thursday, 13 September	Increasing Fees in Our State Parks State Strategic Plan Targets Environment Ban Fracking in the Delaware Basin NOW! Natl Sierra Club Responds to Gov. Christie's Changes to Air Quality Standards Gov. Christie Trying to Hide our Dirty Air
Tuesday, 11 September	PSEG Taking Risky Bet on Power Line Preconstruction Liberty State Park Make the Public Pay Hearing Tomorrow, Clean Energy Program Cut in Half Toxic Site Cleanup Funds Fall Short NPS Allows Destructive Power Line Through Delaware Water Gap Hearing Tomorrow, Gov. Christie Trying to Hide our Dirty Air
August, 2012
Wednesday, 29 August	DEP Undermining Toxic Site Safety and Right to Know Obama Moves US in the Right Direction at 54.5 MPG Protect NJ from Fracking Wastewater EPA Wrong on American Dream Approvals Important Highlands Tract Preserved
Thursday, 16 August	Appalachian Trail Under Threat on 75th Anniversary New Jersey Sierra Club Endorses Senator Robert Menendez
Friday, 10 August	Sierra Club Releases Highlands Report Card Susquehanna-Roseland Line Should Be Cancelled Groups Urge DEP to Deny Transco Pipeline Permits
Tuesday, 7 August	Fenimore Needs to Do Proper Landfill Clean Up Gov. Christie Trying to Hide our Dirty Air Hands Across the Sand Pinelands Master Plan Changes Coming
Wednesday, 1 August	Polluting Pipeline Gets Federal Enviro Approval Waive Goodbye to Environmental Regulation: DEP Implements Waiver Rule
July, 2012
Friday, 20 July	Permit Extension Act Sits on Governors Desk Senate Does Not Stop Waiver Rule, Passes Anti-Enviro/ Pro-Developer Bills Instead Sierra Club Submits Comments on DEP's Dirty Deal to Hide Dirty Water DEP Rolling Back Water Quality Protections, Adding Sensitive Areas to Sewer Service Sierra Club Responds to Guadagnos Spin on Business Rankings DRBC Approves Permits for Destructive Pipeline Barnegat Bay Report Finds Conditions Worsening Governor Signs Bill on Toxic Site Clean Up American Dream Mall Hurts Environment New DEP Proposal Limits Beach Access
Friday, 6 July	Court Decision Rolls Back Toxic Site Cleanup Standards
Thursday, 5 July	Environmental Legal Victory: Citizens Rights Protected Court Sides with Delaware Deepening Over the Environment State Audits Shows Failure to Cleanup Diesel Pollution
June, 2012
Friday, 29 June	Environmental Bills on Governor Christies Desk Seismic Testing Coming to NJ Coast Pinelands Marks 33 Years of Protections Permit Extension Act Now on Governor's Desk
Wednesday, 27 June	Governor Failing Our Shore Pinelands Marks 33 Years of Protections New Jersey Will See Accelerated Sea Level Rise Court Decision Giveaway to Developers Highlands Council Staff Changes Continue EPA Cites Toll Brothers for Polluting NJs Waters Private Well Testing Act Results: Well Water Quality Worsening in New Jersey Scudders Falls Bridge to Beyond Reality Private Toxic Site Cleanup Wrong for NJ Green and Blue Roofs Protect Water Quality Commission Promotes Clean Cars
Wednesday, 13 June	Hey EDA: LSRPs Work for Polluters, Not DEP EPA Cleaning Up Jersey City Spectra Pipeline Approved in Liberty State Park Pipeline Approved on Our Open Space
Thursday, 7 June	Sierra Club Supports Lawsuit on RGGI
Monday, 4 June	Victory in Ringwood Cleanup Christie Playing Politics with Water Instead of Protecting It Christie's Ratepayer Rip Off Destructive Pipeline Approved
May, 2012
Friday, 25 May	Governor Failing Our Shore Passaic River Clean Up Moves Forward Assembly Passes Important Environmental Bills Dont Rig Our Coastal Economy: New Report & Campaign Outlines Risks of Offshore Drilling
Tuesday, 22 May	Pinelands Opened Up to Development Doing More to Recycle Dont Dump Fracking Waste In New Jersey
Thursday, 17 May	Logging on State Lands Bill Released from Committee Wanaque Reservoir Under Dirty Water Threat A Google of Problems with Off-Shore Transmission Line Broad Coalition Calls On Legislature to Keep Fracking Waste Out of New Jersey
Wednesday, 9 May	Barnegat Bay Blitz Doesnt Better Protect Bay Keep Transco Pipeline Off Our Open Space Wanaque Reservoir Under Dirty Water Threat Private Toxic Site Cleanup Goes Into Effect
Thursday, 3 May	NJEF Fed Up?
Wednesday, 2 May	Dirty Energy Pipeline Targets Our Public Lands Test Baby Test to Drill Baby Drill Court Battle Over Susquehanna-Roseland Line Continues
April, 2012
Monday, 30 April	Rules Could Turn Permitting into Rubberstamp
Wednesday, 25 April	Solar Program Getting Eclipsed New Jerseys Air Breathe At Your Own Risk
Thursday, 19 April	Updated Fish Advisory Shows More Waterways At Risk Hunterdon Co Freeholders Vote to Gut Open Space Funding Spectra Pipeline Targets Liberty State Park Transco Pipeline Hurts Environment EPA Gives Out Dirty Air Awards?
Wednesday, 11 April	ALEC Attacking NJ Environment Water Quality Worsening in New Jersey Trout Season Opens As Water Quality Worsens More Hot Air Instead of Clean Air
March, 2012
Thursday, 29 March	NPS Selects Power Line Through Delaware Water Gap
Wednesday, 28 March	Our Coast at Risk from Drilling
Monday, 19 March	DEP Rules Eliminate Beach Access
Friday, 16 March	Highlands Victory, Permit Extension Held Governors War on the Highlands Continues
Friday, 9 March	One Year After Fukushima: Still Havent Learned
Thursday, 8 March	Dangerous DEP Waiver Rule In Effect
Tuesday, 6 March	Congressman Donald Payne, an Environmental Hero, Passes
February, 2012
Wednesday, 29 February	Victory for Clean Air! Portland Power Plant to Close
Tuesday, 28 February	Water Quality Worsening in New Jersey
Thursday, 23 February	The Environment is an Endangered Species under Christie
Wednesday, 22 February	Christies Budget Targets Clean Energy & DEP
Tuesday, 21 February	Christies Budget Targets DEP Clean Energy Cuts in Christies Budget
Thursday, 16 February	Destructive Pipeline Approved By Highlands Council
Friday, 10 February	OMG! Appointment Puts Our Water Supply at Risk Bergen County Freeholders Will Vote on Gas Pipeline Wednesday When It Rains, It Pours Sewage Ban Fracking in New Jersey NOW!
Wednesday, 8 February	Christie More Hot Air Red Tape Report Takes Credit for Destroying Environment
Monday, 6 February	New Jersey Joins Legal Battle to Clean Up Portland Power Plant Keep NJ in RGGI Federal Government Moves to Make Offshore Wind a Reality
Friday, 3 February	Hinchey, DeGette and Polis Call on President to Endorse Stronger Protections from Hydraulic Fracturing, More Study
January, 2012
Tuesday, 31 January	Bill to Clean Up Barnegat Bay Passes Senate Committee Permit Extension Act is Back and Worse than Ever Power Line Will Destroy Our Parks Sierra Club Response to PPL Spin
Thursday, 26 January	Power Line Will Destroy Our Parks Sweeney Bill Funding for Toxic Site Clean Up Destructive Pipeline Through Our Open Space
Friday, 20 January	Oyster Creek Deal in Jeopardy
Thursday, 19 January	Temporary Victory at Highlands Council Delaware Water Gap NOT for Environmental Victory - Keystone Pipeline Rejected
Tuesday, 17 January	Sierra Club Statement on Governors State of the State Address Governor Signs Weak Fracking Moratorium
Friday, 13 January	Governor Signs Dirty Water Bill Destructive Pipeline Before Highlands Council Sierra Club Calls on Governor Christie to Veto Dirty Water Bill New Jersey's Hot Air Report
Tuesday, 10 January	Environmental Attacks in Lame Duck Environmental Attacks in Lame Duck Legislature Fails to Protect Our Water from Fracking
Monday, 9 January	Legislature Risks Clean Drinking Water to Appease Developers Highlands Act Opponent Confirmed to Council Bill Calls for Logging on State Lands
Friday, 6 January	EPA Blasts the Legislatures Dirty Water Bill
Thursday, 5 January	New Report: Dirty Water Bill Hurts NJ Waterways
November, 2011
Friday, 18 November	Fracking Vote Postponed
Friday, 4 November	Christie's Sweet Tweet
October, 2011
Friday, 14 October	New Jersey Sierra Club Stands with the Occupy Movement
September, 2011
Tuesday, 6 September	Sprawl and Overdevelopment Make Flooding Worse
August, 2011
Wednesday, 10 August	Sierra Club Releases Highlands Report Card
June, 2011
Tuesday, 28 June	Xanadu Bailout: An Ugly Building Has Turned into Dirty Deal for Taxpayers and the Environment
Tuesday, 7 June	Energy Master Plan Goes Against Clean Energy
May, 2011
Thursday, 26 May	Christie Pulls Out of RGGI and Continues Attack on Climate Change and Environment
Tuesday, 24 May	Highlands Act Opponents Approved to Highlands Council Sierra Club Supports EPA Air Toxic Rule
Thursday, 12 May	Christie Declares War on Barnegat Bay
Tuesday, 10 May	Safety First? NRC Hearing Tonight on Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Power Plants
April, 2011
Thursday, 28 April	Highlands Act Opponents Approved for to Highlands Council
March, 2011
Wednesday, 9 March	Waiver Goodbye to Environmental Protection
Friday, 4 March	Ringwood Manor Theft Shows Budgets Have Consequences
February, 2011
Monday, 14 February	Sierra Club Joins Coalition to Fight Privatization
Tuesday, 8 February	Governor Protects New Jersey's Coast
Thursday, 3 February	Environmentalist File Motion to Reconsider Powerline Barnegat Bay Bill Conditionally Vetoed Groups Seek to Reopen Electrical Transmission Line Decision New Jersey Sierra Club Files for Intervenor Status on Spectra Pipeline
Wednesday, 2 February	It's Snow Joke
Tuesday, 1 February	Governor Signs New Energy Tax
January, 2011
Thursday, 20 January	Bill Sides with Big Oil Over New Jersey's Lungs
Wednesday, 19 January	The Environment is an Endangered Species under Christie
Thursday, 6 January	Christie Transportation Plan Going Nowhere
Wednesday, 5 January	RELEASE Gov. Christie Signs Bills to Protect Barnegat Bay
December, 2010
Wednesday, 22 December	Bergen County Still Left Off Highlands
Monday, 20 December	Barnegat Bay Package Passes 38-0
Monday, 13 December	Barnegat Bay Bills Pass COAHBill Promotes Sprawl -passes Legislature Passes Oil Spill Bill Fertilizer Bill Passes both Houses
November, 2010
Thursday, 11 November	Audit Shows DCA Program Keeps People Out in the Cold
Wednesday, 10 November	Governor Full of Hot Air
October, 2010
Thursday, 21 October	BP: Better Prepared?
Thursday, 7 October	DEP Transformation Means Environmental Extinction Christie Abuses Power, Cancels ARC Tunnel
Wednesday, 6 October	Let's Get Beyond the Politics and Fix the ARC Tunnel
September, 2010
Monday, 27 September	Legislative "Tool Kit" to Dismantle Good Planning and Environmental Protections
Wednesday, 15 September	Sierra Club Endorses Linda Greenstein in 14th District Race
Monday, 13 September	Stopping a Runaway Train
Friday, 10 September	Release: Eliminate Waste, Not Public Oversight
Thursday, 9 September	Report Shows "Killer" Coal
Wednesday, 8 September	Christie's Ethics Reforms Head in the Right Direction
Thursday, 2 September	A Disappearing Act by the "Garden State"
August, 2010
Thursday, 26 August	New Report Reveals Toxic Coal Ash Contamination Threatens Public Health
Monday, 23 August	Solar on Landfills: A Win for the Environment
Thursday, 19 August	Sierra Club Applauds Governor and Legislature on Signing of Offshore Wind Bill
Tuesday, 17 August	New Public Access Rules a Step Back for Public Access
Friday, 13 August	Fw: Sierra Club Releases Highlands Report Card
Thursday, 12 August	Committees Pass Four Bills that will Save Bay Four Steps Closer to Saving the Bay
July, 2010
Friday, 30 July	Susquehanna-Roseland Line: Does Delay Mean Going, Going, Gone?
Wednesday, 28 July	Sprawling Out as Fast as We Can
Tuesday, 27 July	Commissioner Martin: Don't Sell New Jersey's Water Supply Short
Monday, 19 July	Closing the Door on Open Government
Thursday, 15 July	Senate Committee Passes Two Strong Environmental Bills Sellout Deal Approved
Wednesday, 14 July	Don't Let Newark's Water Go Down the Drain
Tuesday, 13 July	Christie's Bear Hunt: Unbearable
Friday, 9 July	Xanadu Bail Out: Ugly Deal for Taxpayers
Wednesday, 7 July	Heat Wave and the Christie Administration Unhealthy for the Environment
Friday, 2 July	A Pipeline Runs Through It
June, 2010
Wednesday, 30 June	Don't Get Caught in the Cap Trap
Friday, 25 June	Wind Becomes a Reality
Wednesday, 23 June	Budget Bills Attack the Environment and Public's Rights
Tuesday, 22 June	MMS Fails to Regulate Leaks in NJ and the Gulf of Mexico
Friday, 18 June	0618 Wind Report Released
Thursday, 17 June	Four Bad Bills That Further the Attack on Good Government, Public Policy and the Environment
Wednesday, 16 June	Where Are the Democrats on the Christie Budget Cuts?
Tuesday, 15 June	Sierra Club Statement on Public Access Rules Letter to Clifton City Council
Thursday, 10 June	S1: The Scary One Passes
Wednesday, 9 June	Race to the Bottom
Thursday, 3 June	S1 Promotes Sprawl and Lawsuits
Wednesday, 2 June	New Jersey Sierra Club Agrees: The Delaware River is America's Most Threatened River
May, 2010
Thursday, 27 May	Sierra Club Statement on President Obama's Gulf Spill Announcement Actions, Not Photo Ops, to Protect the Shore
Wednesday, 26 May	Sierra Club Statement on Passaic River Flooding Release: PSE&G: Public Subsidy Energy Group
Wednesday, 12 May	Let's Stay Polluted
Tuesday, 11 May	Sierra Club Opposes Bear Hunt
Monday, 10 May	Important Black Bear Hearing Tomorrow
Wednesday, 5 May	Park Cuts: Excuse for Privatization Christie Attacks Good Planning, Signs Two Pro-Development Bills
April, 2010
Friday, 30 April	DEP Promises Action on Perchlorate Wind vs. Oil
Tuesday, 27 April	Budget Used to Weaken Environmental Protections Important Hearing on Offshore Drilling
Thursday, 22 April	Governor, Earth Day is Everyday
Wednesday, 21 April	Christie's Environmental Record: The First 90 Days
Monday, 19 April	Environmentalists Seeing Red over Red Tape Report
Wednesday, 14 April	Release: BPU Promotes Sprawl - Approves 1,400 acre tract for development Transit Hike Unfair and Unconscionable
Monday, 12 April	Budget Takes Aim at the Environment
Friday, 2 April	GAO Report Raises More Questions about Delaware Deepening
March, 2010
Wednesday, 31 March	Release: Obama Opens up Drilling off NJ Coast
Tuesday, 30 March	Sierra Club Backs Rep. Adler for Reelection
Monday, 29 March	Administrative Order: An Assault on Our Drinking Water and Due Process
Friday, 26 March	Sierra Club Urges EPA to Take Over DuPont Site Cleanup
Thursday, 25 March	Sierra Club Blasts Transit Fare Hikes as Hearings Begin
Wednesday, 24 March	Sierra Club Calls on Governor to Veto Dumb Growth Bill
Monday, 22 March	Assembly Passes Two Bills that Threaten the Environment
Wednesday, 17 March	Open Season on the Environment and Black Bears
Tuesday, 16 March	Budget Takes Aim at Environment, Including Dedicated Funds Draft Perchlorate rule expires today under Red Tape Committee's watch
Monday, 15 March	Dumb Growth Flood of Problems, Drought of Action Flood of Problems, Drought of Action S1: Bad for the Environment
Thursday, 11 March	Dumb Growth Important Highlands Bill Goes to Governor's Desk Don't Privatize the Environment
Tuesday, 9 March	Fish and Game Council Action UnBearable
Monday, 8 March	S1: More Sprawl and Overdevelopment
Thursday, 4 March	Legislative Attack on the Environment, Hearing at 2 p.m. Today
Tuesday, 2 March	Sierra Club Will Oppose New Nuclear Power Plants in Salem County
Monday, 1 March	Attack on the Environment; Stakeholder Meetings on Weakening Rules Start Tomorrow
February, 2010
Monday, 22 February	Confirmation of BPU President Raises Concerns over Clean Energy Cuts
Wednesday, 17 February	Christie Cuts Bad for Environment and Economy
Thursday, 11 February	BPU Mistakes Greed for Need Powerline passes 5-0 Clean Energy Cuts Bad for Environment and Economy
Tuesday, 9 February	Environment Must Be Considered in Affordable Housing Review
Monday, 8 February	Dirty Water Dj Vu
Thursday, 4 February	Golden Plate Bridge
Monday, 1 February	Undemocratic Bill Subsidizes Overdevelopment
January, 2010
Friday, 22 January	Sierra Club criticizes energy report from Christie's transition team Transition Team Environment Report Attacks Environment
Thursday, 21 January	Executive Orders/Permit Extension Could Cost NJ Stimulus Money
Wednesday, 20 January	Executive Orders Attack Environmental Protections
Thursday, 7 January	Legislature Holds Water Bill Opposed by EPA
December, 2009
Thursday, 17 December	FW: Sierra Club statement on the passing of Dery Bennett
Monday, 14 December	Christmas Comes Early for Developers
November, 2009
Monday, 23 November	New Jersey Sierra Club Awards Senator Robert Menendez
Thursday, 12 November	Highlands Council Agrees to Sell Out Again
Friday, 6 November	Judith Enck an Excellent Choice for EPA Regional Administrator
October, 2009
Friday, 30 October	Sierra Club Press Release - National Weatherization Day Leaves NJ out in the Cold
Monday, 26 October	New DEP Rules a Barrier for Renewable Energy
Monday, 12 October	Governor Signs Sham Reform Bill
Friday, 9 October	Warning: New Jersey's Air is Dangerous to Your Health, Says EPA
September, 2009
Thursday, 17 September	Highlands Council Does it Again: Another Sell Out
Tuesday, 8 September	Sierra Club Announces Endorsements for State Legislature
August, 2009
Thursday, 27 August	EPA to DEP: Get Your Act Together
Tuesday, 25 August	Sierra Club Condemns Dangerous Court Decision
Monday, 17 August	Sierra Club Endorses Chris Daggett for Governor
Wednesday, 12 August	Sierra Club Condemns RGA Ad
Thursday, 6 August	Press Release - Putting Solar in the Shade
July, 2009
Thursday, 30 July	Corzine's Highlands Out
Monday, 27 July	Governor Signs Sprawling Stimulus Act With Backdrop of Corruption
Thursday, 23 July	Governor Should Fix Stimulus and EnCap Bills in Light of Today's Arrests
Wednesday, 8 July	Pew Report Challenges Campaign Rhetoric on Green Jobs
Monday, 6 July	NJ Sierra Club Blasts Ribbons of Asphalt Project - Parkway Widening
Thursday, 2 July	NJ Sierra Club Blasts Turnpike Widening Project
June, 2009
Thursday, 25 June	Highlands Council Sells Out for $18.6 Million
Monday, 8 June	Tunnel Vision
May, 2009
Wednesday, 27 May	Highlands for
Friday, 22 May	First Victory on Climate Change
Wednesday, 13 May	RELEASE - NJ Supreme Court Victory for Trees
Thursday, 7 May	Despite Executive Order, LSP Legislation Still Dangerous
Tuesday, 5 May	Stimulate the economy, not pollution
April, 2009
Wednesday, 29 April	ARC Tunnel Doesn't Get to the Core
Wednesday, 22 April	Earth Day is Every Day
Monday, 20 April	Let the Race Begin
Tuesday, 14 April	Sierra Club Jumps Into Gubernatorial Race
Friday, 10 April	Town Hall With Leonard Lance to Explore Energy Issues
Wednesday, 8 April	LSP Bill Unconstitutional, Environmentalists Call for Governor to Veto
Monday, 6 April	Press Release: Oils Well Does Not End Well
March, 2009
Tuesday, 31 March	Sierra Club Statement on Dr. Eric Munoz
February, 2009
Tuesday, 24 February	Kilowatt Ours to Premiere in North Jersey
December, 2008
Wednesday, 31 December	Sterling Forest Casino Rejected by Gaming Commission