Opponents of the PennEast pipeline appealed this week to Gov. Chris Christie and his administration to block construction of the pipeline, a proposed 115-mile conduit for natural gas to run through Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Led by the NJ chapter of the Sierra Club, environmental activist groups rallied in Newark on Monday to urge U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez to oppose President-elect Trump’s choices to head key departments that control environmental policy. They included 350NJ, Greenpeace, CREDO, Interfaith Power and Light, Beyond Extreme Energy and The Green Party of Essex County.

Unpopular governor and Trump-sycophant-in-chief Chris Christie may no longer be in charge of the president-elect’s transition team, but his influence lingers on in the choice of Exxon-Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson for secretary of state, charges the Sierra Club.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Fish and Wildlife, has proposed a Forestry Stewardship plan covering 3500 acres of public forest in Sparta, Ogdensburg and Hardyston Townships in Sussex County and Jefferson Township in Morris County.