Jersey Sierran Index

By Greg Gorman • ggorman@embargmail.com The 2020 New Jersey Scientific Report on Climate Change forecasts precipitation in New Jersey to increase 4% to 11% by 2050. The intensity and frequency of storms is also anticipated to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...