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 Upcoming ANJEC Events:
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Join us for upcoming webinars:

• Tuesday, June 17 @ 7pm:      Landscaping for Wildlife and Habitat
• Monday, June 23 @ 7pm   Using Stormwater Resources for Water Quality Improvement
• Wednesday, June 25 @ 7pm The North Jersey Trail Network Initiative: A Vision For Connectivity

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We need all 350 Environmental Commissions across the State to keep their eyes open for a municipal resolution that is factually wrong and being peddled by those who would make profit from killing these climate regulations, and we need you to please ask your municipal officials to vote NO.

Here are two actions we are asking of you this summer:
1.    Oppose the Climate Disinformation Resolution: You’ll know it’s disinformation if it says something such as “NJPACT relies on a sea level rise study with only a 17% likelihood 75 years from now” or it will “cost too much” This is factually incorrect.
Email us at [email protected] if you see a resolution like this making the rounds in your municipality, and we’ll work together to get the NJPACT REAL facts into the hands of municipal officials.

2.    Pass a Resolution in support of NJPACT REAL: Have your E pass a resolution in support of NJPACT REAL and ask your municipal governing body to do the same.  A sample resolution can be found here.

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Community Tree Project Award and Scholarship Applications
Due by June 30th, 2025!
The William J. Porter Community Tree Project Award is intended to provide up-front funding for a small project up to $2,500 to benefit the tree resource in your community. Applications may be emailed to [email protected]
Download application form.

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

• ​New Jersey Joins Global Commitment to Preserve 30% of Natural Lands by 2030
• NJ lawmakers advance landmark legislation aimed at expanding urban farming
• Oil companies face a wrongful death suit tied to climate change
• Bird Flu Makes Its Mark In New Jersey
• 16 states sue National Science Foundation over wide-reaching research cuts
• Earth's energy imbalance is rising much faster than scientists expected 
• Plastic Pollution is Harming Coral Reefs Worldwide
• In a hotter future, what comes after coral reefs die? 
• New Jersey Highlands Council takes aim at rampant warehouse development
• Some Glaciers Will Vanish No Matter What
• Officials issue warning as invasive species surge across states
• As Summer Approaches, New Jersey's Shore Towns Confront an Unrelenting Foe: Sea Level Rise
• How New Jersey's towns are tackling microplastic pollution from construction
• Could this fungus help tackle the plastic waste crisis?
• 'Half the tree of life': ecologists' horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
• The bold vision that saved the Palisades and inspired a movement
• Trump paves way for revival of natural gas pipeline through New Jersey, under Raritan Bay
• Expert warns of invasive Asian longhorned tick that can make cattle sick
• Racing to save NJ island before it's swallowed by rising seas
• People Using Apps Like iNaturalist and Merlin Are Helping Fuel Scientific Discovery
• New ant in Texas can cause painful stings and may threaten native wildlife
• As UN climate talks loom, Brazil's Amazon forest loses in May an area larger than NYC
• Nations call for strong plastics treaty as difficult talks loom
• Huge wind farm off N.J.'s coast canceled amid challenging economic, political conditions
• The World's Oceans Are a 'Ticking Time Bomb,' Reaching Dangerous Acidification Levels
• What to know about stinging Asian needle ants detected in 20 states
• Significant step for Spotted Owl as final Recovery Strategy published
• May 2025 second warmest on record
• Atmospheric CO2 hits highest level in human history
• Toxic algae are killing wildlife and transforming natural water systems around the world
• Hundreds of gigawatts of clean energy at risk with GOP bill 
• Energy source emits water instead of greenhouse gases — and Michigan may be a hub for it
• 13 Invasive Species Are Quietly Taking Over the U.S.And Nobody's Stopping Them
• California, 10 other states sue to block Trump from killing 2035 EV rules

More Local, National, World News HERE

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