Chapter News

Today, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), New Jersey State Senate President Steve Sweeney (LD-3), and New Jersey State Senator Steve Oroho (LD-24) will announce a new plan for regional economic development to support New Jersey’s Pinelands and...

Governor Murphy will release his budget FY2021. The New Jersey Sierra Club is concerned that DEP’s budget will continue to be cut and raided to balance the budget. In FY2020, the DEP budget was cut by 17.8% and operations cut by 10%. The Clean...

On February 13, the State House Commission will vote on a docket item regarding Liberty State Park. The Project details includes: Liberty State Park, Block: 24306, Part of Lot: 7, Jersey City, Hudson County Requesting Party: The NJDEP, Division of...

The Pinelands Commission approved their minutes for their January 10th meeting. At that meeting, the Commission voted down a resolution Addressing the Remand of the South Jersey Gas Company Application Due to a Significant Change in Material Fact....

New Jersey Transit can attract new riders by improving bus service and making their website more user friendly, according to two new studies issued by the New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club. The New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club identified...

President Trump's budget proposal for fiscal year 2021 contains a 26 percent cut to funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This would bring the agency’s funding to only $6.7 billion, down from $9.1 billion in 2020. The budget would...

PennEast Pipeline Company LLC recently filed with the Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC) to withdraw its February 5, 2016 Water Withdrawal and Discharge Application in its entirety from consideration by the Delaware River Basin Commission. “...

The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife (NJDFW) is going to resume cutting at the Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area on or about February 17, 2020. The objective, according to the NJDFW, is to restore young oak-hickory forest by opening...

According to a new report by the Office of the State Auditor, NJ Transit rail operations are severely lacking. The report expressed doubts that NJ Transit would be able to meet the federal deadline for Positive Train Control (PTC). The audit also...

The plastic bag ban bill, S864 (Smith/Greenstein), was released by the Senate Environment and Energy Committee today, January 30, 2020. The bill prohibits the provision or sale of single-use plastic carryout bags, single-use paper carryout bags, and...