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Landscape for Lakes - Rain Garden Webinar
​Wed July 16 @ Noon
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The NJ PACT REAL Rules:
A Solution to Flooding in NJ
Wednesday July 16
Live via Zoom
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Hour of ACTION: Say NO to Artificial Turf
Wednesday, July 23rd
@Noon  Via Zoom Meeting
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​Upcoming EVENTS

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Wednesday August 13 @ NOON: Clean Community Webinar

Tuesday September 16 @ 5:30 EJ Webinar

Friday October 10: ANJEC Environmental Congress

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

• New Jersey flash flood triggers state of emergency, dramatic rescues
• Environmental Coalition Announces Final Push To Adopt NJPACT REAL Coastal Flooding Rules
• Raritan Township Establishes Stormwater Utility
• Environmental vigilance still needed in NJ Highlands
• Delaware watershed's trials and tributaries
• Environmental groups sue to block migrant detention center rising in Florida Everglades
• Google's emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green
• US solar sets new records as renewables nearly match natural gas
• A seaside sparrow could alert us to climate change 
• Developer with controversial plan to build houses on a Pinelands tract hopes to have it preserved instead
• The plastic pandemic: Why are physicians sounding the alarm on our bodies' chemical burden?
• Floating island wetlands fight algae blooms at NJ reservoir
• Microplastics Now Threaten Over 1200 Marine Species Including Blue Whales
• Endocrine disruptors in plastic waste: a new public health threat
• Bats are feasting on invasive spotted lanternflies
• Despite last-minute changes, US Senate bill deals big blow to renewable energy
• The White House took down the nation's top climate report. You can still find it here
• Trump's plan to replace clean energy with fossil fuels has some major problems
• Public Urged to Reduce Mosquito Population and Risk of Bites
• NJDEP Fish & Wildlife Needs Your Help! Report Aquatic Invasive Species In New Jersey
• The Final One Big Beautiful Bill Act is Bad News for Solar, Wind, Home Energy Efficiency
• US electric vehicle tax breaks will expire on Sept. 30
• The long-term health risks as extreme heat becomes a new normal
• Scientists transplant crossbred corals to help save Miami's reefs from climate change
• Trump Admin Quietly Approves Massive Crude Oil Expansion Project
• Scientists sound alarm after making disturbing discovery during 21-day study of crustaceans
• Study warns 1.5-degree warming limit can't prevent dangers of melting glaciers
• Toxic Metals Detected In Rice Brands Sold Across US
• How the clean energy industry is responding to the GOP's tax bill
• 'Big Beautiful Bill' will have Americans paying higher prices for dirtier energy
• As Trump turns his back on renewables, China is building the future ​

More Local, National, World News HERE

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Con Ed Supplier Wins Gas Permit Case in NJ Highlands   Learn More

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Plan to shut down Mauna Loa Observatory which captured reality of Climate Change  Learn More

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Warning about Artificial Turf 
 Learn More

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Toxins Surface in the Delaware and Raritan Canals    Learn More

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Texas Floods Reveal Limitations of Disaster Forecasting under Climate Crisis  Learn More​

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