Press Releases

New Jersey business, health, labor, and social justice leaders today applaud the state’s third round solicitation as the Board of Public Utilities seeks proposals to support responsibly-developed offshore wind off the coast of New Jersey and advance...

Woodbridge Township, NJ - The Sierra Club joined over 150 people last night at the virtual hearing for the proposed 630-megawatt gas fired power plant in the Keasbey section of Woodbridge, New Jersey. Residents from Keasbey raised serious public...

Woodbridge Township, NJ - Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) has proposed to build a new 630-megawatt gas-fired power plant in the Keasbey section of Woodbridge, New Jersey. A virtual public hearing will be held tomorrow, February 28th, from 6-8 PM...

Trenton, NJ (February 22, 2023) – Co-chairs of the Forest Stewardship Task Force presented its recommendations to guide the protection and management of New Jersey’s public forestlands today to a joint meeting of the Senate Environment and Energy...

New Brunswick, NJ - This afternoon at Rutgers University, New Brunswick Campus, Governor Murphy announced a series of 6 environmental policy moves through executive orders and rulemaking processes. The Governor’s first announcement was an Executive...

Today the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife held a public hearing on their Comprehensive Bear Management Policy and Amendments (CBBMP). The New Jersey Sierra Club opposed the emergency rulemaking and bear hunt and urge the Murphy Administration for...

ATLANTIC CITY – A coalition of environmental groups gathered in Atlantic City today to show their concern about recent marine mammal strandings along the east coast and to follow the data and science when making decisions about offshore wind,...

In the past two months, there have been seven whales, all endangered species, washed-up in the New Jersey and New York coastal region. A broad coalition of environmental organizations agree it’s important to discover why we’re seeing increased whale...

TRENTON – A coalition of environmental organizations are disappointed that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted today to grant a certificate for a Williams Co. subsidiary to move forward with a project to expand natural gas...

New Jersey labor, environmental, health and advocacy groups gathered at the State House to urge Governor Phil Murphy, amid fiscal year 2024 budget planning, to deliver on his promise and stop raids on the Clean Energy Fund (CEF). More than 50...