Special notice: in accordance with Sierra Club's policy in effect due to the spread of the the coronavirus, all NJ Chapter in-person meetings and outings are canceled until further notice. Check back here for updates.
To view the Chapter's Calendar of Events, click here
The Sierra Club is a national, member-supported environmental organization, which seeks to influence public policy in both Washington and the state capitals through public education and grass-roots political action.
- The New Jersey Chapter Mission Statement:
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To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth;
To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources;
To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environments.
Make sure your vote counts.
Every active voter in NJ will be sent a mail-in ballot for the General Election by October 5. You can mail your ballot, drop it into a secure ballot drop box, or bring it to the polling place on November 3. Find out all the details, including how to register and track your ballot, on our NJ Vote by Mail Information Page.
The Sierra Club NJ Chapter has identified an ambitious set of legislative priorities addressing climate change, environmental justice, reducing waste, protecting drinking water, and more. Read about our priorities and regulatory agenda here.
NJ Sierra Club has released two reports that detail ways to address climate change and promote environmental justice through clean transportation. Clean Transportation for All: Building a Frequent Service Bus Network for Northeastern New Jersey evaluates frequent weekday bus service in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, and Union Counties, with the complementary goals of increasing bus ridership and reducing car vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Clean Transportation for All: Improving Access to New Jersey Public Transit Information provides an analysis and recommendations based on a review of the NJ Transit website and transportation agencies elsewhere in the United States, as well as suggestions from our members and other New Jersey residents.
As we celebrate the New Year and look forward to 2020, we look back at how eventful the past year has been. With the generous support of our members and others, we have had many accomplishments at the state, local, and national level. In addition to everything we have accomplished this year, we still have a lot that we are trying to get done. Read more here.
The Sierra Club is teaming up with SunPower to help our members and supporters go solar and fight climate change. Check out our special offer here for Sierra Club NJ Chapter members and supporters! $1,000 for you, and $1,000 for Sierra Club!
Empower NJ is a coalition of over 50 environmental, citizen, faith, and progressive groups in New Jersey, including the NJ Sierra Club, calling on Governor Murphy to enact a moratorium on all new fossil fuel projects in New Jersey until there are rules in place to achieve our 100% clean energy goals. Currently there are 12 proposed natural gas pipelines and power plants in the planning stages in our state, along with one new power plant just starting operation. Constructing these projects would lock in our dependence on greenhouse gas production, and discourage investment in clean energy production.
See the Empower NJ web site here. 
See Empower NJ's report, "FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE IN NJ:The Urgent Case for a Moratorium on all Fossil Fuel Projects", here.
New Jersey’s municipalities are gaining momentum in their attempt to keep the state clean and healthy. A ban or regulation on one or more single use plastics has been enacted by over 25 municipalities and accounts for approximately 50 separate rulings. Read more on the campaign to reduce the use of single-use plastics here.
The New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club is announcing a campaign to promote electric school buses. Modern, battery-powered electric buses protect children's health by reducing their exposure to harmful air pollutants. Over their life cycle, electric buses cost less to own and operate than diesel buses. Conversion to an electric bus fleet will contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Read more on the campaign here.
Sierra Club members, and others who receive printed copies of our quarterly newsletter, The Jersey Sierran, now are able to receive it instead by electronic mail. The electronic version is in color, sometimes has extra (supplementary) pages, and will arrive several weeks before the paper version. You can also chose to receive BOTH paper and electronic versions.
To make the change to your delivery options, send an e-mail message with your name, membership number (on your mailing address label), and your choice for both versions or just the electronic version to the Editor: Dick.Colby@Stockton.edu – with “Electronic JS” in the Subject line. Thanks for helping us to save our resources!
New Jersey, the Garden State, is in danger of becoming the Pipeline State. The number of proposed new pipelines is growing: the PennEast pipeline in the central and western part of the state; the South Jersey Gas and New Jersey Natural Gas pipelines in the Pinelands; and the Pilgrim Pipeline in the northern part of the state. We have to stand together to stop these pipelines. The New Jersey Chapter is working with our environmental allies and members of the affected communities to stop these projects that contribute to global climage change and endanger our local environment. Read about them on our Issues Page.
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