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ANJEC 46th Annual Environmental Congress 
Friday, Oct. 4
9 am - 4:30 pm
Mercer County College, West Windsor, NJ
Enjoy a day jam-packed with information and resources you can use, with exciting workshops, exhibitors, Environmental Achievement Awards, a farmers market and more!
​​Watch the ANJEC Website for details

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ANJEC Environmental Achievement Awards
To be presented at the Environmental Congress on Oct. 4, 2019.
Info and entry form 
Submission deadline Sept. 6, 2019 

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NEW Municipal Official Award ​
Environmental Commissioners are invited to nominate a local elected official who has been an outstanding advocate for the environment.
Awards will be presented at the ANJEC Environmental Congress on Friday, October 4
How to nominate someone

nvironmental News Highlights
Here are some of the top news stories of the past two weeks:

• Owner of massive dump site has been illegally cashing in on waste
• Keep your dogs safe: Toxic algae found in NJ lakes can kill canines
• A lawyer who wants to sell off public lands was just picked to oversee 250 million federal acres
• Revealed: How Monsanto's 'intelligence center' targeted journalists and activists
• Estimate revised up of new shore homes imperiled by sea-level rise, storm surge
• NJ sues over federal plan to cut penalty for fuel-economy violations
• The list: The hottest months in NJ since records began
• New evidence shows popular pesticides could cause unintended harm to insects
• Ethiopia plants more than 350 million trees in 12 hours
• ​Wildlife roam where US once made nuclear and chemical arms
• ​Gardener State: Are you DEP ambassador material?

more news

In echo of Flint lead crisis, Newark offers bottled water   Learn more

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It’s ‘raining plastic’ on the Rocky Mountains   Read more   

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NJ blueberry farms house workers in storage sheds, pollute groundwater 
 Learn more

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˜The air is literally unhealthy to breathe.” A summer warning for NJ      Learn more

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Extreme climate change has arrived in NJ. Why we’re at center of national trend.   Learn more

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Trump administration overhauls endangered species protections in what critics call major rollback    Learn more

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