Blog posts from around the country
New Jersey Chapter
Taking a regional lead to protect the public from industrial use of fumigants, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has adopted permitting and emissions control standards for multiple chemicals that are highly toxic to humans.…
New Jersey Chapter
Voting in the Sierra Club’s 2022 Board of Directors election concluded April 27, 2022. Cynthia Hoyle, Cheyenne Skye Branscum, Allison Chin, Aaron Mair, and Michael Dorsey were elected to three-year terms on the volunteer board.
New Jersey Chapter
President Biden’s BiPartisan Infrastructure Bill includes $5 billion dollars over 5 years to help subsidize the purchase of electric and low pollution school buses. The first-year funding will be in the form of rebates, but subsequent funding in…
New Jersey Chapter
In April 2022, Anjuli Ramos-Busot, director of the NJ Chapter of the Sierra Club, testified before the NJ Senate Environment and Energy Committee and provided proactive goals intended to reverse New Jersey’s costly failure to meet climate reform…
New Jersey Chapter
In recent years the Sierra Club has participated in numerous battles to protect the Delaware River and its watershed. Protection was needed from destruction of native fish species by power plants, pipeline construction, gas industry drilling, and…
New Jersey Chapter
It was a relief to see swarms of midges, dung flies, and slugs in my local park this spring. Ordinarily there would be no reason for such a reaction, but I had just finished Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring.” This landmark book about the challenges…
Great Waters Group / Wisconsin Chapter / Wisconsin
The Great Waters Group has a variety of hikes planned for fall -- join us! (Note that the Aug. 27 and 28 hike and kayak outings have been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances, but check out the cleanup on the 27th!)