Jersey Sierran Index

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...

In recent years the Sierra Club has participated in numerous battles to protect the Delaware River and its watershed. Protection was needed from destruction of native fish species by power plants, pipeline construction, gas industry drilling, and...

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has created an advisory committee to update the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) and set priorities for parklands and open space access and acquisition. Anjuli Ramos-Busot,...

From The Jersey Sierran, July - September 2022   March: Jamie Zaccaria was appointed to the Elections Committee and Denise Brush was appointed offshore wind issues coordinator.  The chapter voted unanimously to...

In February, the Hunterdon Warren and Central Jersey groups of the NJ Chapter of the Sierra Club hosted talks on the 60-acre Bonaparte estate in Bordentown City and the Abbott Marshlands, which are adjacent.

In April 2022, Anjuli Ramos-Busot, director of the NJ Chapter of the Sierra Club, testified before the NJ Senate Environment and Energy Committee and provided proactive goals intended to reverse New Jersey’s costly failure to meet climate reform...