Don’t Sit Out This Election
October 1, 2022
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...
EPR Bills Would Help Solve Product Packaging and Waste Problems
October 1, 2022
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...
Why so Many Warehouses?
October 1, 2022
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,...
2022 Election for NJ Chapter Officers and Groups
October 1, 2022
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...
Next Steps for Bridge Point
October 1, 2022
Editor’s note: Earlier this summer the West Windsor Township Planning Board preliminarily approved a massive, 5.5 million-square-foot warehouse complex for the site of the former American Cyanamid research facility at Route 1 and Quaker Bridge...
Putting a Spotlight on Artificial Light Pollution
October 1, 2022
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...
Update on Use of Residential Air Filters to Mitigate Indoor Effects of Air Pollutants
October 1, 2022
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...
Stop the Transco Pipeline and Compressor Project
October 1, 2022
The Williams Transco Regional Energy Access Expansion Project (REAE) threatens to undermine climate action progress and add to the burden on environmental justice communities.
REAE involves the construction of and modifications to miles of...
American Dream Mall Rattles Bondholders
October 1, 2022
By George Moffatt • Programs Support Facilitator
The $1.2 billion in NJ funds invested in the American Dream mall in East Rutherford might have supported lead detoxification, the clean energy transition, or school construction. Instead,...
Key Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act
October 1, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is a landmark environmental achievement. Democratic proponents say it will put the country on track for a 40% emissions reduction by 2030. The legislation will provide as much as $369 billion for the climate...