Jersey Sierran Index

By Patricia Hilliard • Conservation Chair, Hudson County Group Whether you think the glass is half full or half empty, the real concern is whether the water is safe to drink!  “Decades old drinking water infrastructure systems...

By Judy Minot • Secretary; Co-Chair, Communications Committee Most of us focus on large-scale effects of climate change: sea level rise, storms, droughts, floods, and fire. We don’t often consider how rising temperatures might affect...

By Denise Brush • Issues Coordinator for Offshore Wind Offshore wind development is a big deal for New Jersey that New Jerseyans are going to be hearing a lot about over the next few years. I hope this overview will provide Sierra Club...

With its four tornadoes, 30 deaths, intense rainfall, and flooding, Tropical Storm Ida in September 2021 confirmed what many authorities already knew: New Jersey’s flood maps and building restrictions are out of date. In October 2022, Gov. Phil...

By Paul Sanderson • paulmsanderson@aol.com Some weeks ago, a friend and I went for a walk in the Pequannock Watershed (West Milford) on the White Trail, accessible from parking areas P4 to P7 off Clinton Road. It was a beautiful day, and...

By Gary Frederick • Conservation Chair, Raritan Valley Group Among our great national parks, Shenandoah lies within a day’s drive of New Jersey and contains some of the most pristine forested wilderness areas on the East Coast. During this...

By Steve and Pat Miller • NJ 50 x 30 BE Team Previously, we have described the concept of “building electrification” (BE) and what is involved in the transition to electrified, or clean, buildings. Here, we talk about recent developments...

By George Moffatt New Jersey has thousands of miles of state and interstate high-speed highways. “The Garden State” is clearly becoming “The Corridor State.” Today, 18-wheelers and “last mile” delivery trucks dominate our highways,...

By Bill Beren • Transportation Committee Chair Electric School Buses In October, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $965 million nationwide for electric and low-polluting school buses under the Infrastructure Investment...

Per- and poly fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are linked to serious illness. In 2021, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection ruled some PFAS chemicals should be limited to ≤ 13 parts per trillion (ppt) in drinking water. The federal government...