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ANJEC's Next Round Table Discussion is June 14 - 7PM
​Topic - Community Engagement
Look for More Information Soon

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  NEW JOB POSTING
ANJEC is seeking a full-time Policy & Program Associate to join our passionate and dedicated team.
 APPLICATION INFORMATION HERE

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Episode 1 Hazard NJ - “On Thin Ice” – American Cyanamid Superfund Site -  Listen Here

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NJ Climate change Resource Center at Rutgers is offering a free training on June 3 10AM-12PM on its climate change data visualization and mapping tool- NJADAPT.  There are openings for 30 participants – Apply here to reserve your spot 

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2022 Sustainable Jersey Summit
June 24; 8AM- 4PM
Bell Works, Holmdel NJ
Registration  here

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Last Flooding to Flourishing Friday   May 27 at 11AM



Reach out to Jack McCausland at PPA here for more information​

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

• ​New Life for NJ School of Conservation
• Documentary Shows Climate Injustice by the Pork Industry
• NJ closing parts of 5 wildlife areas to keep out ATVs, swimmers
• Invasive plants are slurping up precious water in drought-stricken southwest Colorado
• One Way to Do More for the Environment: Do Less with Your Yard
• Ukraine builds legal case to prosecute for environmental crimes
• World getting 'measurably closer' to 1.5-degree threshold
• NJ Students Win $110K with Project Combating Climate Change 
• NJDEP Clean Marina Program Protects State's Coastal Waterways
• This toxic lake has enough lithium to supply US electric vehicles for decades
• The US only recycled about 5% of plastic waste last year
• Biden Administration Announces $254 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites
• Renewable power is set to break another global record in 2022
• Attorney General Merrick Garland discusses action on environmental justice
• Climate change: Spring egg-laying shifts by three weeks
• Environmental groups file official protests to block $4.7B Turnpike extension widening
• New Jersey Plastic Bag Ban, One Week Later
• 10 invasive plants that can also trigger allergies
• Fashion Industry Efforts to Verify Sustainability Make 'Greenwashing' Easier
• The U.S. pledged billions to fight climate change. Then came the Ukraine war
• Horseshoe crabs protected from further harvesting in South Carolina 
• Electric vehicles: transitioning to silicone batteries
• The complicated truth about plastic recycling. Is it a myth?
• Emperor Penguins could be extinct in 30-40 years' due to climate change
• New Podcast: Hazard NJ
• Uber launches electric-car service 
• Tiny Atmospheric Plastic Particles are Polluting Earth's Oceans
• Strategies for greater reuse and recycling of textiles
• India's heat wave shows real-world impact of climate change 
• Avoid using gas as 'transition' fuel in move to clean energy, study urges
• Biologist fighting plastic pollution to save sea turtles wins 'Green Oscar'
• Is Now a Good Time to Buy an EV? 
• Microplastics in Air Can Spread Around World in Days
• Sewage dumps into English rivers widespread, criminal inquiry suspects
• How the White House plans to fast track clean energy permitting
• After rats, Galápagos Islands drones combat invasive plants

More News

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​DOJ Reveals New Office Dedicated to Environmental Justice     learn more

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Fertilizers are Converting Europe's Farms into Massive Microplastic Reservoirs 
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East Timor's Coral Reefs are the Most Biodiverse in the World - Why are They Surviving Climate Change    learn more

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Bill A-1282 Moving Forward to Help Fund Electric School Buses     learn more

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World Migratory Day Illuminates the Dark Side of Light Pollution    learn more​

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