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New Jersey Arts Community Celebrates National Day of Racial Healing with Public Events In-Person and Online a line-up of arts events celebrating the National Day of Racial Healing.

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

• Federal Pinelands Commission member named 
• French ban on plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables begins
• NJCF executive director offers a grateful farewell 
• Winter road salt is making some Philly-area streams as salty as the ocean, enough to kill wildlife
• Lead pipe replacement programs favor wealthier residents
• Florida Solar Farms Blocked by African American Community – New legislation now an issue 
• Do species really 'invade'?
• End Looming for Single-Use Plastic in National Parks
• 2021 - fifth hottest year as carbon, methane emissions rise
• Clean energy goes up against tribal rights and biodiversity
• Roads to charge your EV? Testing Wireless charging tech 
•  "Breakthrough" technology to separate plastic types
• Trees, crops, livestock mix fights climate change
• Extreme weather hit 4 in 10 Americans
• How to address climate locally? These 6 places have plans
• Carmakers wary of going 'all in' on electric vehicles 
• New England is warming faster than the rest of the world
• Airborne DNA from plants could reveal invasive species
• Film developed that enables faster charging of EVs  
• Germany set to phase out three Nuclear power plants  
• Solar Power Projects See the Light on Former Appalachian Coal Land
• How climate change primed Colorado for December wildfire
• NY Adopts ACT Rule Bringing Clean Trucks to the State
• Polar bears eating reindeer: normal or result of climate change?
• The Top Five Products Made from Recycled Carbon
• Opening of Largest Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Facility 
• Flood risk rising across Pennsylvania 
• Six Massive Clean Energy Projects That Offer a Shot Of Climate Hope
• Climate Change Is to Blame for Longer Allergy Season
• Governors Ask U.S. Congress for Funding to Stop ​Invasive Fish in the Great Lakes
• NC governor Signs Executive Order on Climate and Environmental Justice ​

More News

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NJ Senate Confirms Three Pinelands Commissioners 

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​NJ Assembly Passes Bill to Limit Use of Bee-Killing Pesticides  learn more

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Climate Change: Huricanes to Expand Into More Populated Regions   learn more

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Clean Energy From Ammonia: A Step Towards Carbon-Free Economy
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​Why We Need to Identify Green Zones 
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