A New Outlook
March 15, 2022
This is a moment of transformation and growth for the Chapter, and I am excited to be part of it.
I come to the Sierra Club with a background in climate change science and air quality. I earned my Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the...
A New Chapter Director Brings a New Chapter for Our Chapter!
March 15, 2022
A few months into our Hiring Committee’s search for a new Chapter Director, I took part in a one-hour training webinar on recruitment that proved invaluable. In the webinar I was advised that it was perfectly fine to call potential job candidates...
Be The Tiger: Take Charge of Your Energy Transition
March 15, 2022
According to the Chinese zodiac, this is the Year of the Tiger, and climate activists would do well to embrace the characteristics of the tiger: bravery, assertiveness, and dominance. Clearly, the escalating impacts of carbon pollution—extreme...
Together We Are Powerful
March 15, 2022
When you open the homepage for the national Sierra Club, you are greeted with graphics and images representing the many climate and environmental concerns that our organization champions. You also see a simple block of text with a not-so-simple...
Less Smog to Come From School Buses and Trucks
March 15, 2022
Our Chapter’s Transportation Committee was instrumental in achieving some major victories in the fight to reduce the transportation sector’s carbon footprint.
Our campaign to electrify the state’s 22,000 school buses helped get legislation...
Let’s Enjoy More of the Nighttime Sky
March 15, 2022
We need to shed light on the issue of light pollution. One of the newest committees formed by the New Jersey Chapter is the Light Pollution and Nights Skies Committee. We plan to advocate for statutes and ordinances that regulate lighting so we all...
ExCom Meeting Highlights
March 15, 2022
From the April - June 2022 Jersey Sierran
There was no Chapter Executive Committee meeting in December. Instead, we held a brief virtual get-together to welcome our new Chapter Director, Anjuli Ramos-Busot. The meeting was well...
NJ Is Making Progress Toward Its Wind Energy Generation Targets
March 15, 2022
There are currently three offshore wind (OSW) projects slated to be built off the coast of New Jersey, with more to come! Ocean Wind I and II will be adjacent to one another off the coast of Atlantic City and stretching toward Cape May; and Atlantic...