NJ Is Making Progress Toward Its Wind Energy Generation Targets
March 15, 2022
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...
DEP Draft Emissions Rules Fall Short
March 15, 2022
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...
Enviro Bills Released in Senate Environment Committee
March 14, 2022
Today, the Senate Environment and Energy Committee released the following legislation
Congressman Pallone Announces Anjuli Ramos-Busot as Guest for State of the Union Address
March 1, 2022
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Anjuli Ramos-Busot and Kai Mateo will serve as virtual guests to President Biden’s State of the Union Address to Congress today. Ramos-Busot is the Director of the New Jersey...
8 Groups from Across New Jersey Urge Reps. Kim, Sherrill & Malinowski to Act on Climate
February 25, 2022
8 Groups from Across New Jersey Urge Reps. Kim, Sherrill & Malinowski to Act on Climate. Citing a new scientific report that highlights 4 extreme weather disasters in 2021 that cost New Jersey more than $5.5 million in damages and 50 lives,...
Sierra Club Joins Congressman Pallone at EV Infrastructure Press Conference
February 24, 2022
Asbury Park- The Sierra Club, New Jersey Chapter joined Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. today at a press conference where he announced that New Jersey will receive $15,448,790 to build out the state’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure, paving...
Opinion: NJ Transit needs stable funding so our future will be electric and equitable
February 23, 2022
In a February 23 Star-Ledger opinion piece, Sierra Club NJ Chapter Director Anjuli Ramos-Busot and Environmental & Social Justice Committee Chair Renée Pollard attribute a lack of stable funding as a reason why NJ Transit is unable to expand...
NOAA-NASA-EPA-Defense Study Shows Sea Level Rise Will Rise One Foot by 2050
February 17, 2022
According to a multi-agency report conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, Department of Defense, EPA, U.S Army Corp, Rutgers University and other agencies and universities, sea level along the U.S coast will rise by...
Enviro Bills Released in Senate Committee
February 10, 2022
Today the Senate Environment and Energy Committee released several environmental bills.
Sierra Club NJ Director Named Co-Chair of Sen. Smith’s Forest Stewardship Task Force
February 10, 2022
TRENTON, NJ – Today, Senator Bob Smith announced the formation of the Forest Stewardship Task Force. The purpose of the task force will be to study and identify ways in which the State can best protect and manage its forests in order to fight...