Jersey Sierran Index

By Kip Cherry, Central Jersey Conversation Chair In November 2021, Gov. Phil Murphy signed A3352 requiring newly constructed warehouses to be solar-ready buildings. The solar-ready requirement will apply to any newly...

By Richard Isaac, Richard.Isaac@sierraclub.org While there are many volunteers who’ve done outstanding work, I want to give special thanks and appreciation to someone who has worked tirelessly in a number of capacities vital to keeping...

By Tony Hagen • editor@newjersey.sierraclub.org “You can’t preach temperance from a barstool” – Sen. Ed Markey One recent morning, I awoke to much grinding and crunching coming from the property next door. It was the...

By Karen Becker, political.chair@newjersey.sierraclub.org What Happens If You Don’t Vote? “I’m not voting. My vote doesn’t matter.” This is a common phrase heard during an election cycle. One or two votes may not change the outcome...

By Sylvia Kay • Zero Waste Coordinator, Sierra Club NJ Extended producer responsibility (EPR) tasks manufacturers to pay and innovate to solve the huge waste problems created by the production and sale of their own products. EPR bills are...

By Patricia Hilliard • Conservation Chair, Hudson County Group These days, shopping is often done online. This has caused changes in the structures needed to fulfill our shopping demands. Shopping malls are threatened by retail store closings,...

Balloting is now under way for the 2022 election of executive officers and group leaders for the NJ Chapter of the Sierra Club. All current members are invited to participate. Members will receive solicitations via email in October for online voting...

By George Moffatt • Programs Support Facilitator Neil deGrasse Tyson was embarrassed. In discussing how exterior lighting is the bane of astronomers, the director of the Hayden Planetarium admitted to once being rebuked by the...

By Paul Ehrlich • Clean Air Issues Coordinator Several years ago, I wrote an article for the Raritan Valley Group webpage on using residential air filters to help treat several respiratory diseases. Since that time new filters have been...