Jersey Sierran Index

The New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club called attention to the importance of renewable energy at a Sun Day celebration at Holmdel Park in Holmdel in September. Sun Day is a nationwide day of action celebrating solar and wind power that is...

New Jersey’s coastline has been experiencing “super marine heat waves” for the past three years, part of a worldwide explosion of unusually warm ocean waters.

As the yellow school bus rolls through your neighborhood each morning, it may look the same as it has for decades—but a quiet revolution is coming. To reach the goal of 100% clean energy in New Jersey by 2035, electric school buses (ESBs) are on the...

Climate change is causing ocean levels to rise. This means salt water is moving farther upriver, where it mixes with fresh water, causing undrinkable brackish water. There are other problems, too, such as aging infrastructure and contamination. New...

On January 23, 2025, President Trump signed an order (EO 14179) to retool America’s policy for AI development. Trump’s order focused on speed, deregulation, and global AI dominance. It removed Biden-era safeguards for worker protection,...

Electrification of the transportation sector is a key part of the transition to 100% clean energy, a transition that is vital to help mitigate climate change and to allow everyone to breathe cleaner air. The NJ Chapter of the Sierra Club is very...

In this issue of The Jersey Sierran, George Moffatt writes about extreme marine heat events. These are spreading as our oceans warm up, affecting survival in the undersea world in dramatic ways.

The longer seasons of more frequent and severe heat waves pose new dangers. Heat-related hospitalizations for heart attacks and dehydration are on the rise in the United States, and heat-related deaths are mounting.

The Student Action Committee of the NJ Chapter of the Sierra Club is turning food waste into policy change. During the past several months, we’ve brought our composting campaign to town halls across New Jersey.

These are perilous times for our national parks. Although the parks logged more than 331 million visits in 2024, President Trump’s administration has cut the National Park Service (NPS) staff by about 24% nationwide, according to the National Parks...