Welcome to ANJEC News Digest 
This News Edition posting on May 18th, 2026 is the Final News Digest posting.
We will continue to provide links to Major Environmental News both Statewide and National as part of our Monthly Digest which is emailed out in the beginning of each month. 
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 ANJEC’s 2027 Annual Congress 
Friday September 25 
New Brunswick Theological Seminary 

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Roots of Change- webinar
Wednesday, June 3rd; 6:00pm

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Join us to learn about NJ's landmark Invasive Species Management Act and see how “live staking” is transforming stream banks like Shabakunk Creek 

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Save the New Jersey School of Conservation!
Monday, June 15th at Noon

Via Zoom Meeting

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

• ​​60 Groups to Gov. Sherrill: Protect New Jersey from Data Centers 
• Could Santa Marta climate talks mark ground zero in push to ditch fossil fuels?
• Spring Temperature Whiplash Is Getting Worse With Climate Change
• Hoboken Selected for National Sustainability Program
• 'All types of problems' ahead if NJ rainfall scarce, climatologist says
• Climate Change Is Getting So Bad That It's Making Food Less Nutritious
• Sweeping NY bill aims to nix plastic wrap for these crucial everyday items
• Huge AI data center could be coming to old N.J. airport — but some neighbors are pushing back
• Electricity grid manager PJM says developers are proposing 800+ new power projects
• Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a 'depressing' record high
• Most N.J. voters want AI data centers banned from their towns, striking new poll numbers show
• Diesel Damage: How Warehouse Sprawl Is Sickening Two States
• Antarctica sea ice collapse driven by triple whammy of climate chaos
• Warming seas are brewing extreme weather in months ahead
• Help NJDEP Fish & Wildlife track, monitor and prevent further spread of Aquatic Invasive Species
• Andover Mayor Announces Data Center Ordinances to Be Repealed After Community Pressure
• A massive AI data center transforms rural Utah into a national flashpoint
• Spring drought could fuel summer wildfires
• How big oil companies can slow the green transition by suing governments that ban fossil fuels
• Maine environmental advocates call on state to turn climate goals into mandates
• Once-in-a-century 'super' El Niño in the cards as ocean temperatures reach near record highs in April
• More U.S. states than ever tapping benefits of clean energy
• Datacentres should be forced to invest in wind and solar energy, all states agree
• Chinese EVs take the world by storm — except in the United States
• 'Skip the Stuff' Law Is a Win for All and the Environment 
• Why banning the recycling logo is progress in the fight against plastic waste 

More Local, National, World News HERE

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NJ Leads the Nation in Superfund Sites as EPA Cuts Funding       Learn More 

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Poet Walt Whitman Revered this NJ Forest, which is Now Being Preserved    Learn More

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