Tour Highlights Assunpink Creek Flooding Issues
January 1, 2023
By Joanne Pannone • Central Jersey Group Chair
Fred Stine, citizen action coordinator of Delaware Riverkeeper, led Trenton-area nonprofit representatives on a driving tour of the Assunpink Creek from where it travels under city streets in...
Welcoming Our New Staff Member and Volunteers
January 1, 2023
By Richard Isaac • Richard.Isaac@sierraclub.org
Our Chapter extends a warm welcome to the following individuals as they take on their new Chapter volunteer and professional positions:
Raghav Akula, Youth Committee Chair...
Companies Need Standards for Climate Change Action
January 1, 2023
By Tony Hagen • editor@newjersey.sierraclub.org
One of the points made at the recent Reuters Impact environmental conference was that we need environmental, social, and governmental (ESG) standards to ensure that companies act...
West Windsor Finalizes Approval for Bridge Point Warehouses
January 1, 2023
By Kip Cherry • Central Jersey Conservation Chair
On November 2, 2022, the West Windsor Township Planning Board finalized approval for the proposed Bridge Point 8 Industrial Park—possibly the largest warehouse project ever proposed in...
Sierra Club Names New Executive Director
January 1, 2023
By Joe Testa • Chapter Parliamentarian and Council of Club Leaders Delegate
In November 2022, the Sierra Club’s national Board of Directors selected Ben Jealous, 49, to be the Club’s next executive director after a nine-month search...
Report from Trenton: Biden Pushed to Make Good on IRA Promises
December 28, 2022
By George Moffatt • gmoffattgt@aol.com
A coalition of about 160 local and national advocacy groups, including the Sierra Club’s NJ Chapter, are pushing the Biden administration to quickly implement the environmental provisions of the...
Electric Vehicles on Display
December 28, 2022
Some awesome electric vehicles (EVs) were showcased at a Tri-County Sustainability and South Jersey Electric Vehicle Club event, Saturday, Oct. 29 at The Promenade at Sagemore shopping center in Marlton. Owners showed off their vehicles and...
Opinion: Can More Trees Reduce CO2 Emissions?
December 28, 2022
By George Moffat • gmoffattgt@aol.com
Since our carbon dioxide (CO2) level today may be the highest in almost 4 million years, will planting trees help sequester the CO2 driving our catastrophic climate problems? Yes? Maybe? Probably not...
Report from Trenton: The Bear Hunt Is Back
November 21, 2022
On Nov. 15 the NJ Fish and Game Council voted to approve the return of New Jersey’s black bear hunt, over the objections of many. No bear hunting had been allowed on state lands since 2020. This hunt was scheduled to take place in early December,...
March for Clean Air and Climate Justice
October 1, 2022
By Denise Brush • offshorewind@newjersey.sierraclub.org
Several members of the NJ Chapter of the Sierra Club attended the June 23 March for Clean Air and Climate Justice in Trenton, including Chapter Director Anjuli Ramos-Busot, Newsletter...