We need your help to stop the destruction of mountains and streams in Appalachia from irresponsible coal mining. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has taken some positive initial steps to rein in destructive mountaintop removal mining, but even these insufficient actions have drawn fire from mining companies, coal-state governors and members of Congress beholden to industry [...]

From: Land Trust Alliance Oil Spill Bills Would Dedicate LWCF, Congress May Vote This Week Oil spill response legislation headed to the House and Senate floors this week may provide the best opportunity in years to secure dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund! But it’s by no means a done deal, so [...]

From: Alliance for the Great Lakes Help us reach 5,000 signatures. Add your name to this petition. Dear President Obama: Asian carp threaten the Great Lakes ecosystem, the $7 billion Great Lakes sport and commercial fishing industry, and the recreational activities of countless residents and tourists. Failure to stop Asian carp from invading the Great [...]

From: National Wildlife Federation: Sea turtles have been through enough during the BP oil spill. Now to make matters worse, this week Congress will be voting on a bill that could result in the destruction of critical sea turtle habitats in Florida, as well as other sensitive wildlife habitat areas throughout the country. Tell your [...]

From CREDO Action: Before the worst environmental disaster in American history began, BP was claiming almost a quarter of a million dollars in tax deductions per day for its Deepwater Horizon oil platform in the Gulf. That’s right, at a time of soaring deficits and record unemployment, a single deepwater offshore drilling facility won $225,000 [...]

An unregulated drilling technique is putting the water supply for Trenton, Phillipsburg and many South Jersey towns at risk and we need your help to protect it. (Click this link to send an e-mail message and to take other actions!) Natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale (PA & NY) is threatening to pollute New [...]

Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right! Don’t Let PSE&G Undermine Environmental Policy and Good Planning.  Tell the DEP NOT to Allow Piecemeal Applications. We need your help to stop PSE&G from piecemealing its DEP Freshwater Wetlands and Flood Hazard permit applications for the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission lines.  PSE&G recently submitted these permit applications to the [...]

In response to the Deepwater Horizon spill and growing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, Sierra Club and our partners are organizing a day of action at coastal beaches in New Jersey, and across the United States. On Saturday, June 26th people all across the country will join hands on the beach with one simple [...]

Frogs and salamanders are disappearing. Two hundred species of amphibians have gone extinct in the past 30 years, and one-third of the world’s amphibian species are threatened with extinction — while the federal government stands idly by. In fact, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is still refusing to protect 12 U.S. amphibian species declared [...]

Richard Charter Senior Policy Advisor, Marine Programs Defenders of Wildlife Right now, roughly 5,000 barrels of oil a day are being spilled into the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice, Louisiana [1] – yet another awful outcome of the tragic explosion at what was supposed to be one of the safest and most advanced offshore [...]

PSE&G is applying for an early site permit to build another nuclear plant in Salem. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding a public hearing to address questions and concerns related to the permit. The meeting will be held in Salem Community College’s Davidow Theatre. There will be an open house with NRC staff from 5 [...]

Earlier this month President Obama announced that the Atlantic Ocean could be open for drilling as early as 2012. The current proposal would allow drilling as far north as Cape Henlopen in Delaware, 10 miles off the coast of Cape May. Next week the Minerals Management Service will hold a public hearing in Newark on [...]

From NJ Chapter Sierra Club: We need your help opposing PSE&G’s Susquehanna-Roseland Transmission line expansion project, which will replace existing 80-foot towers with ones that stand at 195-feet – more than double the current size.  The project will destroy environmentally sensitive areas in the Highlands and will be an eyesore in the middle of the [...]

The Appalachian Trail and the Delaware Water Gap are in trouble. PSE&G has applied to the National Park to replace the existing 80’ tall power lines with 195’ monster towers. Please join us on a 3 mile hike to view the existing transmission lines, talk about the impacts, and inspire each other to continue protecting [...]

The Minerals Management Service (MMS) will hold two public hearings in Newark to take comment on the environmental impact statement for geologic exploration in the ocean, the first step towards off-shore oil drilling. MMS will also be identifying the potential for carbon sequestration. Let your opposition to geologic ocean exploration for the purpose of off-shore [...]