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Can you achieve savings by installing batteries as standalone systems or as complements to your solar panels? The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has proposed new rules that may provide the answers.

As the New Jersey Symphony transported audiences through the celestial sounds of Holst’s The Planets at concert halls this winter, a conversation was unfolding in the lobbies of these buildings—about the stars above us and the growing threat of...

Incentives for clean transportation, including the $7,500 tax rebate for buying an EV, the $40,000 tax credit to school districts to buy electric school buses, and the remainder of the $5 billion Clean School Bus Program have been placed on the...

In September of 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy signed historic, first-in-the-nation legislation that required the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to consider the public health impacts on overburdened communities when reviewing the permit...

Did you know that New Jersey has a hiking trail extending from the tip to the tail of the state? The NJ State Long Trail is a 383-mile-long route from High Point, New Jersey’s highest point, to Cape May Point at sea level.

The North Jersey Sierra Group mourns the loss of Jeff Rapaport, a true climate warrior and an amazing human being.

This proposal for Thomas Edison Park will have many detrimental land use impacts. Among those, it will increase impervious land cover, potentially causing flooding problems, and reduce public access to natural park area. “Natural grass playing...

The Rutgers University Solar Team, known as RU Solar, is designing, financing, and constructing its first fully in-house solar car. Solar cars are lightweight, aerodynamic vehicles that utilize solar panels as their sole source of power. They also...

Some of the worst air quality in the nation can be found in Northeastern New Jersey, so it was good news for residents and workers there when, in October, the Environmental Protection Agency announced millions in spending to reduce emissions in the...

Our Chapter’s Offshore Wind Committee was active this fall in advocacy for and education about the benefits of offshore wind for New Jersey. Committee members have attended webinars, public hearings, rallies, and community fairs.