Jersey Sierran Index

If, upon your next visit to Center City Philadelphia or to Central Park in New York, you could enter through a magic door and be transported to what these areas looked like 400 years ago, would you go through? Just a short drive away from these...

During Earth Week, my daughter sent me a sonogram of my granddaughter, Eliana. Communities across the state exhibited Electric Vehicles, planted trees, walked along trails, and sponsored neighborhood cleanups. My Facebook friends posted pictures of...

Earth Day: It’s the one day where everyone in the world is expected to keep the health of the planet in mind—but it’s only one day. Earth Day shouldn’t be an excuse to neglect the environment for the other 364 days of the year. If we’re serious...

In April, Sierra Club volunteers took part in four events throughout New Jersey to promote electric vehicles (EVs). Part of Drive Electric Earth Day, the events offered a chance for anyone interested in buying an electric car to speak to owners of...

Electric Vehicle (EV) sales are growing faster than ever. Tesla maintains a majority EV market share currently, but many new options are becoming available. It’s important to check out the best-selling EVs today and what will be available soon.

More than 50 years ago, the need to recycle our plastic waste was being discussed by the plastics industry. A key speaker at a chemists’ conference in New Jersey said that inventing decomposable plastics “will be the holy grail of chemists...

It was a relief to see swarms of midges, dung flies, and slugs in my local park this spring. Ordinarily there would be no reason for such a reaction, but I had just finished Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring.” This landmark book about the challenges...

I urge everybody to get out of your cars. Leave those steel clamshells behind and stand up on your own two feet. We are not designed to sit on our butts. In Monmouth County, New Jersey, we have easy access to some wonderful outdoor places,...

From The Jersey Sierran, July - September 2022 By Richard Isaac, Richard.Isaac@Sierraclub.org A Fond Farewell Sadly, one of our staff members, Megan Steele, has resigned to take a new job at a higher level. The good news...

In fall 2021, our 50 x 30 team sent a letter to Gov. Phil Murphy asking him to declare a goal for New Jersey to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions 50% by 2030 and to follow up with the rules and regulations that would make it happen. This 2030...