Chapter News

The New Jersey Sierra Club has submitted comments against the proposed changes to the Coastal Zone Management Rules that threaten people, property, and the environment. The proposed amendments are related to shellfish aquaculture, filled water's...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given the public thirty days to comment on PennEast’s application for permits. PennEast has applied for approval from PennEast pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403) and...

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) today passed a proposed fracking ban resolution. The vote was 3-1-1 with President Trump voting no and Governor Christie abstaining. Now the resolution goes into rule-making, which will take at least six...

The National Marine Fisheries Service, also known as NOAA Fisheries has two new habitat designations for the Atlantic sturgeon, which will help protect the fish and our waters. This designation will help protect Atlantic Sturgeon in 15 other rivers...

The Sierra Club received an Open Public Record Request response from DEP that says they have not issued a response to the legislature concerning the resolution to overturn the DEP Highlands Septic Rule. The DEP was supposed to respond within thirty...

There are now more than 10,000 electric plug-in vehicles on the road in New Jersey. It has come out that sales have grown by 79 percent since last year according to a report by Charge EVC. This is an important step for clean air in New Jersey, but...

August 12th was the third anniversary of PennEast’s proposal for their pipeline. NJ Sierra Club joined with Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Berks Gas Truth, and the Pipeline Safety Coalition to fight the pipeline and organize the community. PennEast...

Today the Pinelands Commission is holding their only meeting to hear public comment on New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG)’s proposed Southern Reliability Link (SRL) pipeline. The Commission originally approved the pipeline and was challenged by NJ Sierra...

Today Governor Christie conditionally vetoed a bill, S806 (Weinberg), that sought to make oil trains in the state safer. The bill required operators carrying Bakken crude shipments to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to...

The Department of Interior (DOI) has taken the first step toward to allow offshore drilling off our coast. They are now taking public comments on their plan to expand drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf and to open up parts of the Gulf of Mexico...