Jersey Sierran Index

The NJ Chapter of the Sierra Club wishes to thank all those who provided the Chapter with financial support during 2023. We value every donor and every donation. 100% of your gift stays within New Jersey to fund our local activities. Listed below...

Our Chapter extends a warm welcome to three new volunteers: Dennis Colligan, Collin Crecco, Alex Meseguer

“The hottest year was even hotter than expected,” read a recent headline in Science. If, like me, you want to do more to stave off the worst, then cast a more critical eye on diet. What we eat has a major climate impact, because food production...

In the documentary Dark Waters, the ingestion of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) was compared to swallowing a tire. There are thousands of PFAS chemicals in use and littered about the environment—some estimate 12,000 kinds—but only a...

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?