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Cranbury Farm Avoids Eminent Domain for Affordable Housing
October 24, 2025
Under an agreement with Cranbury Township officials and Fair Share Housing, the Henry Family Farm in Cranbury will be preserved while the township explores alternative sites to fulfill its affordable housing mandate. More good news is that the New...
NJ Needs Bear-Smart Policy to Protect Bears & the Public
October 21, 2025
This past weekend, New Jersey Fish and Wildlife released the data from the state’s first segment of the bear hunt, which lasted a total of 6 days from October 13th to 16th. Over that time, there were 368 bears killed.
NJ Elected Officials & Affordable Energy Advocates Highlight How Higher Electricity Bills Dig into Family Budgets at Trenton Farmers Market
October 9, 2025
Demonstrating how families struggle with energy and food costs, advocates call on regional electric grid manager PJM Interconnection to protect families from rising electricity bills.
NJ Sierra Club Hosts Local Sun Day Picnic to Celebrate Clean Energy at Holmdel Park
September 22, 2025
Holmdel, NJ – On September 21, the New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club hosted a community Picnic and Hike to celebrate Sun Day, a groundbreaking nationwide mobilization that marks a pivotal moment in America's clean energy transformation....
Over 100 Rally on the Bayshore to Draw a Line in the Sand to Stop Fossil Fuel Pipeline that will Pollute Land, Sea, and Air
September 10, 2025
Port Monmouth, NJ – On Tuesday September 9th, over 100 people including environmental organizations, friends, and elected officials from both parties, united at the Bayshore Waterfront Park to rally against a massive methane gas project and to call...
Gov. Murphy Signs Battery Storage & Solar Bills into Law
August 22, 2025
LAWRENCEVILLE – Governor Phil Murphy today signed into law S4530/A5768 and A5267/S4289 as part of the Murphy Administration’s ongoing commitment to addressing the regional energy cost crisis by putting New Jersey on a path to nearly double its...
NJDEP Approves Toxic Turf Field for Ridgewood Historic Schedler Property
August 21, 2025
Just a week after the New Jersey Historic Sites Council unanimously voted to temporarily deny the artificial turf proposal for the historic Scheduler Property, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection approved it. In its resolution, the...
CLIMATE REVOLUTION ACTION NETWORK & NEW JERSEY ASSEMBLYMAN JOHN ALLEN LEAD CLIMATE STRIKE
August 14, 2025
NJ’s Gen-Z-Led Climate Nonprofit and Climate Superfund Act Prime Sponsors Unite Broad Coalition, Call on NJ Lawmakers to ‘Make Polluters Pay’ for Climate Damage & Adaptation
Dupont Finally Held Accountable for PFAS Pollution in Historic Settlement Valued Over $2B
August 4, 2025
Trenton, NJ - Today, NJDEP Commissioner LaTourette and NJ Attorney General Platkin announced a historic environmental settlement with DuPont, valued at over $2 billion, to remedy decades of PFAS contamination, also known as “forever chemicals,” as...
Sierra Club Opposes Cranbury Twp’s Seizure of 175-Year-Old Family Farm for Affordable Housing
July 25, 2025
Cranbury, NJ - Against the wishes of the Henry Family, Cranbury is working to use eminent domain to seize their 175-year-old farm for affordable housing.
This year, the capacity auction ended at the price cap of $329.17/MW-day, even higher than...
