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ANJEC Open Space Grant – Application Deadline: Monday, May 12, 2025
Full list of criteria- click here.
 
Look for Info on Upcoming Events:
Noon Hour of Action Artificial Turf- June 12
Native Landscaping Series:

• Tuesday June 3 Landscaping for Wildlife and Habitat webinar – INFO soon
• June (TBD)- Resilient Landscaping
• Tue June 17 Municipal Action for Sustainable Landscaping

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Drought Warning Action Wednesday, April 30th, Noon Via Zoom Meeting
Click here to register
Join us to Take Action NJ has experienced significantly below average rainfall and has been at a drought warning status since November 2024.
Join us to learn how Environmental Commissions and local officials can help educate the public about strategic water conservation efforts to help avoid or delay a drought emergency.

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2025 Fundamentals for Effective Environmental Commissions 


​Saturday, May 3
9am-11:30amTatum Park Holland Activity Center
144 Holland Rd.
Middletown NJ
Click here to register now!
Topics include:

• Native Plants/Pollinators, Tools & Resources
• Hands-on training on Site Plan/Development Plan Review
• Roundtables on current topics

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

• ​First Global Comparison of Glacier Mass Change: They're All Melting, and Fast
• China trade war risks stifling America's electric car movement 
• Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time 
• Judge orders Trump to restart climate, green energy funding
• Trump officials pressure world's top energy agency to drop climate mission
• CATL unveils new EV battery that charges as fast as pumping gas
• Half the World's People Depend on Rice. New Research Says Climate Change Will Make it Toxic
• Observations reveal changing coastal storm extremes around the United States
• Impact of Environmental Protection Rollbacks on Vulnerable Communities
• For the birds: Protecting the state's feathered friends
• Global perceptions amid earth's temperature breaching the 1.5 degrees tipping point
• NJ won't sign Trump letter affirming its schools don't use DEI programs
• NJ PACT Rules Need to be Implemented, Now
• 10 charts prove that clean energy is winning — even in the Trump era      
• The climate crisis: How switching to reusable flatware could reduce it 
• Introduced trees are becoming more common in the eastern United States
• Trump administration minimized federal climate scientists' findings of record CO2 growth
• New Jersey Resources Highlights the Success of the Coastal Climate Initiative
• Pope Francis hailed as 'unflinching global champion' on climate crisis
• The Major NJ Wildfire Shows Unexpected Urban Areas Are at Risk
• Five Innovative Renewable Energy Projects That Promise a More Sustainable Future
• Fears Trump's deep-sea mining order will irreparably harm ecosystems
• Stroke victims have 50 times healthy amount microplastics in arteries 
• First Introduced To Australia In 1788, This Invasive Species Now Kills Over A Million Birds A Day
• Ice all but disappeared from this Alaskan island. It changed everything​

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