Open space is disappearing so quickly in New Jersey that it can be measured in football fields, according to the New Jersey Sierra Club. And while it's true that protecting open space from development remains a concern in the Garden State, the Sierra Club is trying to bolster its statistic with data that's four years old — and from...
Open space is disappearing so quickly in New Jersey that it can be measured in football fields, according to the New Jersey Sierra Club.
And while it's true that protecting open space from development remains a concern in the Garden State, the Sierra Club is trying to bolster its statistic with data that's four years old — and from a completely different economy, PolitiFact New Jersey has found.
We rate the Sierra Club's claim Half True. Read our ruling at PolitiFactNJ.com and then join the conversation about it at NJ.com.
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