Press Releases

A city-wide ban on single-use plastics in Hoboken will take effect on Sunday, March 8, 2020. The ordinance will regulate the use of carry-out plastic bags by food service and retail establishments, as well as the use of single-use styrofoam products...

The Department of Environmental Protection formally adopted amendments to Stormwater Management rules, N.J.A.C. 7:8, Green Infrastructure. The agency’s intention is to better protect water quality by reducing polluted runoff through implementation...

Governor Murphy has delivered his budget address for FY 2021. Overall the DEP budget was reduced from $557 million to $342 million, which is a 34% drop. The state service funding went from $253 million to $250 million, a 1.3% drop. The Clean Energy...

The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) recently released their 2020 Utility Energy Efficiency Scorecard. The 2020 National Ranking shows that Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) has dropped down one rank to 42nd, and...

Today, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), New Jersey State Senate President Steve Sweeney (LD-3), and New Jersey State Senator Steve Oroho (LD-24) will announce a new plan for regional economic development to support New Jersey’s Pinelands and...

Governor Murphy will release his budget FY2021. The New Jersey Sierra Club is concerned that DEP’s budget will continue to be cut and raided to balance the budget. In FY2020, the DEP budget was cut by 17.8% and operations cut by 10%. The Clean...

On February 13, the State House Commission will vote on a docket item regarding Liberty State Park. The Project details includes: Liberty State Park, Block: 24306, Part of Lot: 7, Jersey City, Hudson County Requesting Party: The NJDEP, Division of...

The Pinelands Commission approved their minutes for their January 10th meeting. At that meeting, the Commission voted down a resolution Addressing the Remand of the South Jersey Gas Company Application Due to a Significant Change in Material Fact....

New Jersey Transit can attract new riders by improving bus service and making their website more user friendly, according to two new studies issued by the New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club. The New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club identified...

President Trump's budget proposal for fiscal year 2021 contains a 26 percent cut to funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This would bring the agency’s funding to only $6.7 billion, down from $9.1 billion in 2020. The budget would...