Jersey Sierran Index

By Paul Sanderson • paulmsanderson@aol.com Some weeks ago, a friend and I went for a walk in the Pequannock Watershed (West Milford) on the White Trail, accessible from parking areas P4 to P7 off Clinton Road. It was a beautiful day, and...

By Gary Frederick • Conservation Chair, Raritan Valley Group Among our great national parks, Shenandoah lies within a day’s drive of New Jersey and contains some of the most pristine forested wilderness areas on the East Coast. During this...

By Steve and Pat Miller • NJ 50 x 30 BE Team Previously, we have described the concept of “building electrification” (BE) and what is involved in the transition to electrified, or clean, buildings. Here, we talk about recent developments...

By George Moffatt New Jersey has thousands of miles of state and interstate high-speed highways. “The Garden State” is clearly becoming “The Corridor State.” Today, 18-wheelers and “last mile” delivery trucks dominate our highways,...

By Bill Beren • Transportation Committee Chair Electric School Buses In October, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $965 million nationwide for electric and low-polluting school buses under the Infrastructure Investment...

Per- and poly fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are linked to serious illness. In 2021, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection ruled some PFAS chemicals should be limited to ≤ 13 parts per trillion (ppt) in drinking water. The federal government...

By Greg Gorman • ggorman@embargmail.com The 2020 New Jersey Scientific Report on Climate Change forecasts precipitation in New Jersey to increase 4% to 11% by 2050. The intensity and frequency of storms is also anticipated to...

By Joanne Pannone • Central Jersey Group Chair Fred Stine, citizen action coordinator of Delaware Riverkeeper, led Trenton-area nonprofit representatives on a driving tour of the Assunpink Creek from where it travels under city streets in...

By Richard Isaac • Richard.Isaac@sierraclub.org Our Chapter extends a warm welcome to the following individuals as they take on their new Chapter volunteer and professional positions: Raghav Akula,  Youth Committee Chair...

By Tony Hagen • editor@newjersey.sierraclub.org One of the points made at the recent Reuters Impact environmental conference was that we need environmental, social, and governmental (ESG) standards to ensure that companies act...