Join Maya van Rossum for a Facebook Live discussion with long-time colleague and recently retired Director of NJ Sierra, Jeff Tittel. The two will discuss the widespread environmental damages and injustices facing NJ, and how a New Jersey Green Amendment could upend our current legal system perpetuating these harms
May 27, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT. Watch details to come.
Jeff Tittle has been a leading partner in our ongoing efforts to secure a NJ Green Amendment.
Jeff Tittel has served as Director of the New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club for over 22 years. Jeff has been involved in every major environmental legislation passing in New Jersey for close to two decades. Just some of his legislative and regulatory lobbying achievements include passage of the California Car Law, the Highlands Act, New Jersey’s Global Warming Response Act, New Jersey’s Fertilizer Law, and NJ’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law. Jeff also helped the passage of the private well testing law and bear feeding ban; and acquired funding from NJ Gov. Whitman for acquisition of Sterling Forest. On the regulatory side, he helped the write and design of Category 1 surface water rules. Jeff has worked on teams for Governors McGreever and Corzine. He was also appointed to serve on both HUD Sandy Recovery Task Force and a task force to help restore natural systems. He was named by the Star Ledger as Most Influential People in New Jersey, was listed on the New Jersey Politics Power List, and was listed 35th on Insiders 100 Policymakers of 2020, he was the only environmentalist to do so.
