Blog posts from around the country
South Carolina Chapter
Zakiya Mickle, Appointed Sierra Club Chapter Lobbyist in advance of the 2025 South Carolina Legislative Session
New Jersey Chapter
The North Jersey Sierra Group mourns the loss of Jeff Rapaport, a true climate warrior and an amazing human being.
New Jersey Chapter
This proposal for Thomas Edison Park will have many detrimental land use impacts. Among those, it will increase impervious land cover, potentially causing flooding problems, and reduce public access to natural park area.
“Natural grass playing…
New Jersey Chapter
The Rutgers University Solar Team, known as RU Solar, is designing, financing, and constructing its first fully in-house solar car. Solar cars are lightweight, aerodynamic vehicles that utilize solar panels as their sole source of power. They also…
New Jersey Chapter
Some of the worst air quality in the nation can be found in Northeastern New Jersey, so it was good news for residents and workers there when, in October, the Environmental Protection Agency announced millions in spending to reduce emissions in the…
New Jersey Chapter
Our Chapter’s Offshore Wind Committee was active this fall in advocacy for and education about the benefits of offshore wind for New Jersey. Committee members have attended webinars, public hearings, rallies, and community fairs.
New Jersey Chapter
The cool nights and warm days were producing bright colors in the leaves. New Jerseyans were spared the hurricanes that devastated the South, but climate change has impacted New Jersey’s biodiversity—definitely.
New Jersey Chapter
The United States produced more crude oil in 2024 than any other country, an expected average of 13.25 million barrels per day.
Although this is bad news for the global climate, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other oil…
New Jersey Chapter
Because you are an environmentalist, you probably do not define your happiness by how much “stuff” you accumulate—you know the environmental cost of producing and disposing of it. So, in lieu of more stuff, why not give (and request) a commemorative…