Society members participated in the Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20 in both Teaneck and New York City and attended NJ Gov. Phil Murphy’s Town Hall in Teaneck on Sept. 25. Janet Glass asked the governor how allowing fracking to produce natural gas was compatible with climate science.
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Environmental Action
Matt Smith, organizer for Food & Water Watch in New Jersey on “Fracking”
Sunday’s Platform (9/22) featured Matt Smith, organizer for Food & Water Watch in New Jersey. Matt spoke about “fracking” (short for hydraulic fracturing), a technique for extracting natural gas from hitherto […]
Ready for Your Signature: Letter Seeking Moratorium on Fossil Fuel Projects in NJ
Our Social Action Committee, headed by Dan Rosenblum, has written this letter to NJ Gov. Phil Murphy to ask that he keep his campaign promise to focus on renewable energy […]
Society members join March for our Lungs to protest power plant
Members of our Ethical Culture Society participated in March for our Lungs on May 18 in Ridgefield. Organized by students from around the state, the march protested plans for the […]
Our Members Make News as Environmental Activists
Recent coverage of environmental protests in the North Jersey Record and on WMBC-TV news included video, photos and comments by our Society’s members. Below is a still photo from a […]
Central Bergen GreenFaith Circle Applauds Curb on Drilling
The Central Bergen GreenFaith Circle, of which our Society is a coalition partner, sent this letter to Gov. Phil Murphy asking him to ban drilling for oil off the coast […]