Chapter News

On Saturday, April 24 from 1-4 PM, the Sierra Club, Montclair Climate Action, and GreenFaith will host a Drive Electric Earth Day 2022 event in the Lackawanna Plaza Parking lot, corner of Bloomfield Ave & Grove St. Attached is a flyer describing...

Question: What happens to thin plastic carry-out bags and paper carry-out bags on May 4, 2022? Answer: Banned! This ban is strictly for the thin plastic bags used at retail stores and restaurants to carry out items and does not include trash bags...

In 2019, New Jersey established the three-year Community Solar Energy Pilot Program, administered by the NJ Board of Public Utilities (BPU). Gov. Phil Murphy has called the pilot program a national model for making solar accessible to underserved...

TRENTON, NJ – Today, the Senate and Assembly passed S2363 (Smith) / A2065 (Coughlin). The bill gives food pantries a 6 month extension from the law prohibiting sale and distribution of plastic and paper carryout bags by certain businesses. The bill...

TRENTON, NJ – Today, the Senate passed A642 (Coughlin) / S1369 (Vitale) with a vote of 35-1. This bill would authorize the use of steel slag as an aggregate in industrial and commercial development and in the remediation of contaminated sites...

WYALUSING, PA (March 24, 2022) - PennFuture, Clean Air Council, and Sierra Club obtained a settlement on March 18 that halts construction of the proposed Bradford County Real Estate Partners (BCREP) liquified natural gas (LNG) plant in Wyalusing...

Trenton, NJ – Today, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) unanimously approved a petition by utility company Atlantic City Electric to modify the power purchase agreements for the Logan and Chambers coal-fired power plants, paving the way...

The Assembly State and Local Government Committee released A2065( Coughlin) the amended bill will give food pantries a 6 month extension from the law prohibiting sale and distribution of plastic and paper carryout bags by certain businesses. The...

This is a moment of transformation and growth for the Chapter, and I am excited to be part of it. I come to the Sierra Club with a background in climate change science and air quality. I earned my Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the...

A few months into our Hiring Committee’s search for a new Chapter Director, I took part in a one-hour training webinar on recruitment that proved invaluable. In the webinar I was advised that it was perfectly fine to call potential job candidates...