Jersey Sierran Index

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Each year in New Jersey, over 100 million metric tons (MMT) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) greenhouse gases pour into the atmosphere from industry, generating plants, heating systems, and the transportation sector. The state Department of...

From the April - June 2022 Jersey Sierran    By George Moffatt, gmoffattgt@aol.com A tidal wave of electric vehicles (EVs) is heading our way, but will they reduce overall carbon emissions and other pollutants? It’s...

From the April - June 2022 Jersey Sierran    By George Moffatt Why are Sierrans, other environmentalists, and most of humanity so concerned about protecting nature? There may be as many reasons as there are thoughtful people, but why...