Press Releases

Jersey City & Woodbridge – Opposition to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s plan to expand the Turnpike Extension in Jersey City and make the bottleneck at the Holland Tunnel worse is growing in the wake of Gov. Murphy’s endorsement for the...

President Biden has signed the landmark Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This law will take critical steps to eliminate climate pollution, prevent the most catastrophic impacts of climate change and will make historic investments that lower costs...

Sierra Club, NJ joins environmental groups along with impacted residents at a critical NJDEP permit hearing to urge the Murphy Administration to stop the Williams Transco Regional Energy Access Expansion project.

Gov. Murphy signed the electric school bus bill S759 (Diegnan/Greenstein)/A1282 (Stanley/Haider/Timberlake) into law today, which provides a down payment on jump starting the electrification of the state’s bus fleet through providing funding to six...

Environmental organizations including the Sierra Club NJ, Environment NJ, along with Senator Zwicker held an Electric School Bus event today for NJ legislators as the electric school bus bill, S759 (Diegnan/Greenstein)/ A1282 (Stanley/Haider/...

The Senate Environment and Energy Committee heard testimony from several environmental advocates, including the Sierra Club, New Jersey chapter on S426(Smith). The bill requires producers of packaging products sold in New Jersey to adopt and...

Trenton – The NJ Senate Budget Committee passed S759 (Diegnan/Greenstein) this afternoon by an 8-4 vote. The bill requires the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to develop and implement a three-year “Electric School Bus...

The Sierra Club New Jersey Chapter announces the endorsement of Representative Donald Payne Jr. who serves New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District. As a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Payne has been an advocate...

The Sierra Club is proud to announce our endorsement of Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman for reelection in 2022. Bonnie Watson Coleman has been a U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District since 2014. Prior to that, she...

Cutting-edge technology could enable electric school buses to store energy and return it to the grid, creating flexibility and stability for a renewable-powered future; S759/A1282 will provide more than $45 million over 3 years to jumpstart state...