Jersey Sierran Index

Those of us living in the industrialized world have burned so much coal and oil over the past 200 years that the smoke and carbon in the atmosphere have raised the earth’s temperature. We need to do something now! One solution to avoid adding more...

In March, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spoke up and told us no amount of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) is safe for human consumption and that it is proposing historically low allowable levels of PFAS in drinking water.

Roughly half the residents of New Jersey live in environmentally burdened communities, according to a map produced by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Therefore, it was a great relief to advocates for clean air and a safe...

Respected scientific authorities have closely studied whale mortalities off the East Coast over the years and have ruled out any connection between these deaths and wind turbine development activity.

Red maple trees, blue jays, goldfinches, purple flowers, evergreen trees, and let’s not forget the (red) cardinals. We join with nature, a colorful and diverse world, when we go on a Sierra Club LGBTQ+ hike. We fit perfectly with all the diversity...

Wharton State Forest offers a variety of hiking trails, with major trailheads at both Atsion in Shamong Township and Batsto Village in Washington Township. Sierra Club hikers enjoyed a number of these this past winter—primarily out of Batsto Village...

The General Election is November 7. We urge you to vote and support candidates endorsed by the NJ Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Since at least 2017, when North Atlantic right whale mortalities and serious injuries and illnesses spiked, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has carefully tracked marine mammal mortalities.The most common causes? Vessel strikes...

We’re settling into our new offices in Hamilton Township at the Modern at Mill One.

Once again, the Sierra Club is a national sponsor of Drive Electric Earth Day. Local groups, including The NJ Chapter’s Gateway Group, are sponsoring events during Earth Week at which owners exhibit their electric cars and talk one-on-one to...