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The number of documented whale collisions off the East Coast speaks to the wisdom of slower speeds for ocean-going vessels. The Sierra Club NJ Chapter has joined Congressman Frank Pallone in calling on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection has adopted California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) standards. This sets a goal of gradually increasing the share of electric and hybrid electric passenger vehicles sold in New Jersey to 100% by 2035...

Four years ago, Trenton began replacing lead service lines. The city exceeded the safe standard of 15 parts per billion, and the state Department of Environmental Protection was issuing fines for missing deadlines to replace city lead service lines...

The advantages of home electrification are numerous. All-electric homes are cheaper to run. Modern electric appliances are highly efficient, they reduce your carbon footprint, and they keep indoor air cleaner because no fuel combustion occurs....

We were disappointed to see that when Gov. Phil Murphy gave his Jan. 9, 2004, State-of-the-State Address, he mentioned the climate crisis and the environment just once each throughout the entire 6,000 word talk, which was covered by innumerable...

What would it be like to live in a place where the government and the people took threats to the environment and the effects of climate change seriously?

Recently, Eyewitness News NY reported that nearly 60% of schools in New Jersey notified parents that levels of lead in school drinking water were above the state and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maximum allowable level of 15 parts per...

Skepticism has abounded that the workhorses of our trucking fleet can be converted to electric. The new Tesla Semi may change that perception. Semis are trucks with detachable cabs that haul trailers and flatbeds laden with goods.

With sturgeon on the brink of extinction in the Delaware River, the EPA plans to set limits on how low oxygen levels can drop in the river.