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ANJEC 48th Annual Environmental Congress
Tuesday. Oct. 19 - Friday, Oct. 22
​Highlights include: Virtual workshop sessions in the morning, afternoon and evening; presentation of 2021 Environmental Achievement Awards; an evening of entertainment and so much more!
Watch our website and social media for more details soon.

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Chemical Recycling: A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing That's Stalking NJ
Thursday, July 29
7:00 - 8:30 PM
 Free educational webinar via Zoom
Chemical recycling is an expensive, energy-intensive, and highly polluting technology that will not solve our plastic pollution crisis but will hasten climate change and threaten our environment and health. ​Arm yourself with information!
Register

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Environmental News Highlights
Top news stories of the past two weeks:

• Which states have the most electric cars?
• Sustainable selling: How plastic- And package-free stores are reshaping retail
• City children have better mental health and cognition if they live near woodlands
• ​“Lights, camera, plastic?” Campaign seeks to axe single-use plastics on-screen
• If ‘dead zones’ worsen in Delaware River, NJ fish species could be in danger
• Are wind turbines a danger to wildlife? Ask the dogs.
• Scientists try to save migratory western monarch butterflies as a mystery unfolds
• ​Ford patents charging electric cars by towing them

more news

See a spotted lanternfly? NJ wants you to kill them   Learn more

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NJ is One of the Fastest-Warming States in the US   Learn more

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Gov. Murphy backs Superfund status for polluted Hackensack River after years of delay   Learn more

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High court says ‘no’ to nuclear subsidy appeal   Learn more

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7 New NJ laws, including 4 clean energy bills, signed by Murphy   Learn more

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