Tag: sierra club
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SOLUTIONS: Sierra Club’s report reveals the truth
By Huck Fairman While fossil fuel companies have for years promised to decarbonize, the truth is that very few are living up to their promises. This revelation was published by the Sierra Club’s report, “The Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges.” The report includes an interactive tool that allows residents to see if their local…
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Environmental organizations, businesses press Murphy Administration to adopt flood regulatory reforms
Environmental organizations are urging Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration to implement New Jersey Protecting Against Climate Threats, or NJPACT, rules for flood hazard regulations and use of updated rainfall data as the state marks the one-year anniversary of Tropical Storm Ida on Sept. 1. Organizations that include The Watershed Institute, Sierra Club and Delaware Riverkeeper Network…
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SOLUTIONS: Coming together on CO2
By Huck Fairman As a recent Sierra Club magazine article reminded us, CO2 is an essential ingredient in our atmosphere and biosphere. It flows into plants and the oceans, into rocks and the soil through decomposition. Most of the planet’s CO2 is stored in rocks. But lately we have been changing the balance. By burning…
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SOLUTIONS 5/21: The New Jersey Clean Energy Program
By Huck Fairman New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program presented on a Zoom meeting by local Sierra Club member, Kip Cherry and several associates. New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program is picking up speed. Its purpose is to reduce the climate footprints of New Jersey residents and to reduce the greenhouse gases emitted statewide. Colleagues Joanne Pannone,…
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SOLUTIONS 4/2: Recycling Revisited
By Huck Fairman Why recycle? While most local residents support the idea and associated policies, many may not be aware of the widespread need and advantages of doing so. Recently, on a Sierra Club zoom meeting, Amy Menzel, communications manager for the Atlantic Counties Utilities Authority, provided an overview of the need for recycling. As…
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Independent News Briefs, March 17
Municipal officials in Middletown have applied to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to seek bids for a solar energy farm at the NJ Transit station parking lot on Church Street in Middletown, according to a press release from the Sierra Club New Jersey Chapter. The power generated by the facility would provide a…
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North Brunswick Library to host online discussion on climate change on June 25
The North Brunswick Public Library will hold an online talk on Climate Change in New Jersey: Practical Steps Individuals Can Take to Reduce Its Impact at 7 p.m. June 25. Join John Miraglia, of the Raritan Valley Group of the Sierra Club, as he discusses the impact of climate change and other environmental factors altering…
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Judge: Jackson acted properly on solar ordinances
JACKSON – A state Superior Court judge has ruled that Jackson’s elected officials did not act improperly when they adopted ordinances and took other actions that will permit KDC Solar and the Six Flags Great Adventure theme park, Jackson, to construct a solar energy facility off Reed Road in the municipality. In her decision to…
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Film will explore the war on coal
Panico’s will hold a special advance film screening of “From The Ashes,” a new documentary that goes beyond the rhetoric of the “war on coal” from 7-9 p.m. on June 7 at the pizzeria, 94 Church St., New Brunswick. The film takes a look at what is at stake for the economy, health and climate.…