Blog posts from around the country
New Jersey Chapter
According to the Chinese zodiac, this is the Year of the Tiger, and climate activists would do well to embrace the characteristics of the tiger: bravery, assertiveness, and dominance. Clearly, the escalating impacts of carbon pollution—extreme…
New Jersey Chapter
When you open the homepage for the national Sierra Club, you are greeted with graphics and images representing the many climate and environmental concerns that our organization champions. You also see a simple block of text with a not-so-simple…
New Jersey Chapter
Our Chapter’s Transportation Committee was instrumental in achieving some major victories in the fight to reduce the transportation sector’s carbon footprint.
Our campaign to electrify the state’s 22,000 school buses helped get legislation passed…
New Jersey Chapter
We need to shed light on the issue of light pollution. One of the newest committees formed by the New Jersey Chapter is the Light Pollution and Nights Skies Committee. We plan to advocate for statutes and ordinances that regulate lighting so we all…
New Jersey Chapter
There are currently three offshore wind (OSW) projects slated to be built off the coast of New Jersey, with more to come! Ocean Wind I and II will be adjacent to one another off the coast of Atlantic City and stretching toward Cape May; and Atlantic…
New Jersey Chapter
Each year in New Jersey, over 100 million metric tons (MMT) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) greenhouse gases pour into the atmosphere from industry, generating plants, heating systems, and the transportation sector. The state Department of…
Thomas Hart Benton Group / Missouri Chapter / Kansas City Missouri
Matt Verhulst and Eileen McManus, Outings Leaders, have shared an update about our Gear Lending Library associated with our popular Beginning Backpacking series. Please click on the title or logo to read more about our Gear Lending Library for…