Jersey Sierran Index

The Sierra Club's NJ Chapter backs Sue Altman for Congress.

A hard-won victory will keep a hugely destructive gas pipeline out of Raritan Bay.

Plastic bag ban opponents make hay out of reusable bag pileup.

A new electric vehicle registration fee could hurt sales of these vehicles in New Jersey.

The NJ Chapter of the Sierra Club wishes to thank all those who provided the Chapter with financial support during 2023. We value every donor and every donation. 100% of your gift stays within New Jersey to fund our local activities. Listed below...

Our Chapter extends a warm welcome to three new volunteers: Dennis Colligan, Collin Crecco, Alex Meseguer

“The hottest year was even hotter than expected,” read a recent headline in Science. If, like me, you want to do more to stave off the worst, then cast a more critical eye on diet. What we eat has a major climate impact, because food production...

In the documentary Dark Waters, the ingestion of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) was compared to swallowing a tire. There are thousands of PFAS chemicals in use and littered about the environment—some estimate 12,000 kinds—but only a...

The number of documented whale collisions off the East Coast speaks to the wisdom of slower speeds for ocean-going vessels. The Sierra Club NJ Chapter has joined Congressman Frank Pallone in calling on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection has adopted California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) standards. This sets a goal of gradually increasing the share of electric and hybrid electric passenger vehicles sold in New Jersey to 100% by 2035...