New Jersey Sierra Club

Overfishing can end up hurting New Jersey fisheries so protecting and regulating them is key to keeping the fish population sustainable for years to come.

A bill making its way through Trenton would require paint producers and retailers to set up collection programs where paint companies would be responsible for the reuse, recycling and safe disposal of the products.

One of Ocean County's and New Jersey's largest growing towns may soon be getting a little bit bigger and the plan is being met with environmental opposition.

The Toms River Township Planning Board has reportedly approved a proposal to build a large solar farm on the property that once housed the Ciba Geigy Superfund site.

The legislation would have placed a 5-cent fee on single-use plastic and paper bags. The money would have been used for a Healthy Schools and Community Lead Abatement Fund.

Longstanding plans for the next in a series of artifical reefs of the Jersey coast show signs of life with a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Almost immediately, the New Jersey Sierra Club sounded a warning about the risk of over-fishing.

Critics and the New Jersey Sierra Club and the Pinelands Preservation Alliance oppose the project, which they say would impact the Pinelands Forest Management Area and would violate the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP).  ...

As a new campaign launches to put more electric vehicles on New Jersey's roads, Democratic lawmakers say an increased number of charging stations would be a big help.

The New Jersey Sierra Club director says state officials should do more to address drinking water safety because "people's health could suffer because of it."

A proposed bill which underwent discussion Thursday in Toms River seeks to expand public access to beaches and waterways across the state. While mixed reaction was the verdict at the meeting finding a utilitarian solution is something lawmakers are working on.