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​Join us for an informative webinar featuring insights from one of New Jersey’s first stormwater utilities, which was established in Maplewood in December 2024.
Monday Nov 10 at Noon
Register Here

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Public input on the the Rancocas Watershed Restoration and Protection Plan is needed. Join us the first  meeting for Mount Holly, Eastampton, Westampton, Hainesport, Lumberton, and Mt Laurel.

November 6: (6:30 PM) - Burlington County Lyceum, 307 High St, Mt Holly- CHANGE in Location
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If you live in the Rancocas Watershed (East of 295) please take this Survey

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Upcoming Rallies: 

​Liberty State Park Rally 
 Saturday, November 15 at 12PM
 1 Audrey Zapp Drive, Terminal Field, Jersey City, NJ 07305 
Raise your voice with Friends of Liberty State Park to stop a massive boat storage warehouse from being built in Liberty State Park! Learn more here.

Climate Superfund Rally 
 Monday, November 17 at 10AM
 New Jersey Statehouse Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608 US
Join us, environmental, labor, and community organizations for a statewide call to action demanding that polluters, not taxpayers, pay for the cost of climate disasters. The Climate Superfund Act would make oil and gas corporations pay their share to fund the climate resilience projects. RSVP today!

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Environmental News 
         Highlights​
Top news stories from past few weeks:​  

• ​Nearly two dozen states sue to stop Trump ending $7bn solar grant program
• Fix Our Forests Act divides environmental community
• Climate study finds overheating world will add 57 superhot days a year
• Climate change could make algal blooms more common in Hudson River,
• Warming oceans probably fueling Hurricane Melissa's rapid intensification
• New Report Finds Efforts to Slow Climate Change Are Working—Just Not Fast Enough
• Plastic pollution could linger at ocean surfaces for over a century,
• Energy clubs offer chance to reduce electricity bills by up to 30%
• The Quiet Way The Auto Industry Has Been Gliding Toward EV Revolution
• How a warming climate is changing lake-effect snow
• Recycling plastic increases the amount of toxic chemicals it contains
• How microplastic pollution is boosting antimicrobial resistance
• China builds colossal solar farm seven times the size of Manhattan
• Rutgers Environmental Stewards Celebrates its 20th Anniversary at Impact Summit on Nov 1
• Stanford teams tracking the path of microplastics from source to sea
• Can Coca-Cola once again become a leader in refillable bottles?
• Permafrost thawed by climate change threatens remote villages in Alaska
• NJ Transit creates real estate master plan. For Railroad Career Professionals
• Mosquitoes found in Iceland for 1st time as temperatures in the region rise
• Floating power becomes reality — New York's $1 billion project could redefine clean energy
• N.J. energy bills are soaring. State sues to save $7B solar program Trump cut.
• This river sends 500 billion microplastics into Lake Ontario each year
• Half of Oregon could see more logging, grazing under federal wildfire bill
• Court Rules New York Must Implement State Climate Law and Deliver Swift Action
• Scientists uncover plastic particles hiding in milk and cheese
• Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from global heating to 'improving lives'
• The Layoffs Are Coming To The EV Sector. Here's What It Means

More Local, National, World News HERE

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