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Hour of Action - Lame Duck
Please join us on January 7, 2026 at either noon or 7pm 
to learn what you can do to support policies that protect our shared environment in this lame duck session.
Register Here
More Information on these action items HERE!

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RENEW 2026 MUNICIPAL MEMBERSHIP

ANJEC 2026 membership renewal packets  have been mailed to your municipality's office in hard copy. Please contact the office to ensure the paperwork is in process for renewal, and email ANJEC a current roster of Environmental Commissioners.

The renewal information and paperwork is also available digitally HERE 

For any questions, please contact Georgia Madiba, Membership Manager, [email protected].

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Join ANJEC staff and other experts to start the year off well! January 13, 7PM

• Learn about setting and achieving annual goals for your environmental commission

Click here to register

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Dam Removal in NJ
​Wed Jan 28: 7PM

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Register Here
This webinar, presented by The Nature Conservancy will explore dam removal in NJ and include case studies.
 For some dams, the ecological benefit of removal is quite high and in those cases funding to complete removal may be available.

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

• ​NJ 2025: The year in the environment 
• NJ adopts first state development plan update since 2001
• 2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say
• Leaked FEMA plan draws worries, protest
• Managing microplastics across the Delaware River Watershed
• Trump admin pauses leases for some offshore wind projects citing 'national security concerns'   
• Bees Are Turning the Sticky-Sweet Secretions of Spotted Lanternflies Into Honey
• Modular electric city car you can repair yourself shows the future road of fixable vehicles
• Tiny creatures are transforming the Jersey Shore coastal waters one shell at a time
• Humanity's first space solar power plant begins operation, launched from the US
• Arctic is again the hottest it's been in 125 years, with record-low sea ice, NOAA report says
• More than $32 billion in U.S. clean energy projects were canceled in 2025
• The Laws Still Exist, the Consequences Don't: America's Vanishing Environmental Enforcement
• Energy auction sets record, price hikes to come
• Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado
• 50% of the world's plastic waste comes from Southeast Asia's rivers.
• Study shows U.S. sea level rise is accelerating, rebutting Trump climate report
• Science's 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
• Scientists push back on Trump plan to break up a critical climate and weather center
• In Murphy's Final Weeks, NJ Climate Advocates Race to Lock in 100 Percent Clean Power
• US Senate Democrats push resolutions to recognize climate change 
• Survey shows experts, politicians optimistic about clean energy in 2026
• NJ's 'Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act' Passes Senate
• Looking Back at a Historic Year of Dismantling Climate Policies
• Father's microplastic exposure tied to their children's metabolic problems
• 7 reasons to feel actually hopeful about the clean energy transition
• New anode-free battery promises to double EV range in same size
• Experts say climate change bigger threat to biodiversity than renewable energy projects
• World's largest smart transformer to power 1,472-mile energy line
• Open letter calls on country's largest tech company CEOs to power data centers with clean energy
• Decorative Glitter Is Contributing To Global Microplastic Pollution
• Viruses on Plastic Pollution May Be Fueling Antibiotic Resistance
• Glaciers melting from climate change may reawaken the world's most dangerous volcanoes 

More Local, National, World News HERE

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Combatting Microplastics in Delaware Watershed  Learn More

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Adorable African Penguin Chicks Hatch at NJ Aquarium  Learn More

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When Nanoplastics Disrupt Wetlands   Learn More

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