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​Turning a Liability into an Asset: Remediating and Redeveloping Brownfields in New Jersey
Thursday, May 6, 7:00 PM
​Via Zoom webinar
Info and registration

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​Clean Energy Update
Wednesday, May 19, 7:00 PM
Via Zoom Webinar  
Speakers from NJ’s Clean Energy Program will show you how NJ residents and businesses can save energy, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 
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Environmental News Highlights
Top news stories of the past two weeks:

• New acting DEP commissioner lists NJ's tough environmental challenges
• Invasive plants are being turned into artwork by this NJ-based eco-artist
• It's the last of the Delaware River's shad fisheries, and the fish are scarce
• Sea level rise from Antarctic melt could be 30% higher than we thought
• Court sets in motion EPA ban on pesticide linked to developmental issues
• Genetically modified mosquitoes have arrived in  US
• Can NJ entice solar developers while reining in costs?
• NJ animal cops ticket 100 fishermen in a week to protect fisheries
• Cicada season: What to expect from the coming brood

more news

As Biden convenes world leaders, US pledges to cut emissions up to 52 percent by 2030    Learn more

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NJ to bake climate change risk into policies, share costs   Learn more

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New Jersey is springing back to life and so are local efforts to protect it!
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Electric cars: What will happen to all the dead batteries?   Learn more

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What really happens to the plastic you throw out   Learn more

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PennEast will scrap pipeline if it loses U.S. Supreme Court appeal   Learn more

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Scientists: Up to 25000 barrels at DDT dump site in Pacific   Learn more

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Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms Americans of color, study finds   Learn more

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