Jersey Sierran Index

By Kip Cherry • Central Jersey Conservation Chair On November 2, 2022, the West Windsor Township Planning Board finalized approval for the proposed Bridge Point 8 Industrial Park—possibly the largest warehouse project ever proposed in...

By Joe Testa • Chapter Parliamentarian and Council of Club Leaders Delegate In November 2022, the Sierra Club’s national Board of Directors selected Ben Jealous, 49, to be the Club’s next executive director after a nine-month search...

By George Moffatt • gmoffattgt@aol.com A coalition of about 160 local and national advocacy groups, including the Sierra Club’s NJ Chapter, are pushing the Biden administration to quickly implement the environmental provisions of the...

Some awesome electric vehicles (EVs) were showcased at a Tri-County Sustainability and South Jersey Electric Vehicle Club event, Saturday, Oct. 29 at The Promenade at Sagemore shopping center in Marlton. Owners showed off their vehicles and...

By George Moffat • gmoffattgt@aol.com Since our carbon dioxide (CO2) level today may be the highest in almost 4 million years, will planting trees help sequester the CO2 driving our catastrophic climate problems? Yes? Maybe? Probably not...

On Nov. 15 the NJ Fish and Game Council voted to approve the return of New Jersey’s black bear hunt, over the objections of many. No bear hunting had been allowed on state lands since 2020. This hunt was scheduled to take place in early December,...

By Denise Brush • offshorewind@newjersey.sierraclub.org Several members of the NJ Chapter of the Sierra Club attended the June 23 March for Clean Air and Climate Justice in Trenton, including Chapter Director Anjuli Ramos-Busot, Newsletter...

By Greg Gorman • ggorman@embargmail.com In 2022, 14.9 gigawatts (GW) of US electric generation capacity was scheduled for retirement. Of that, 8% is natural gas facility shutdowns, primarily older steam and combustion turbines. This year,...

By Greg Gorman • ggorman@embargmail.com Climate crisis–induced heat waves and cold snaps stress our energy systems. The strategy to address the climate crisis is to replace fossil fuels with clean energy and to electrify everything. The...

By John Kashwick • john.kashwick@newjersey.sierraclub.org The NJ Chapter’s Legislative Committee continues to review bills introduced in our state legislature. Chapter members are encouraged to ask their assembly members and state senators...