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News Highlights
A quick review of top environmental news stories updated twice a month

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​In Washington

• New Jersey U.S. Senators Introduce Legislation to End President Trump's Warehouse Detention Centers
• Trump faces an AI data center power dilemma ahead of midterms 
• Central Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Introduces Bill to Study Impact of AI Data Centers
• Officials issue warning as dangerous creatures wreak havoc across the US
• President Trump Has Secured Trillions of Dollars in New AI Investments — and the List Keeps Growing
• Whitehouse files court brief against EPA pollution exemptions​

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In New Jersey

• Gov. Mikie Sherrill says new state taxes on ICE detention centers in N.J. are 'on the table'
• Protecting Night Skies: 2025 in Review
• EJ Rules Upheld, But Will They Stick?         
• Scutari aligns with Republicans over coastal development rules
• These are 4 rattlesnake 'hot spots' in New Jersey, per World Atlas
• Officials suspect bird flu outbreak after more dead geese found in New Jersey 
• AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Working to Stabilize Eroding Bank on Raritan River
• 'Rags soiled with hazardous waste' found in bags. N.J. recycler on the hook for six-figure fine.
• NJBIA file appeal to stop Murphy-backed flood elevation rules for development
• Manahawkin WMA Site Closure on March 15th, 2026 through April ...
• NJ environmental groups sue state for approving Liberty State Park marina lease

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​Global

• China was already a wind energy superpower. Now it's testing giant airborne turbines
• Germany is getting a wind + solar hybrid power plant – here's how it works 
• Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition
• 'Turn off the tap on plastic pollution': Canada wins court battle on single-use plastics
• International Women's Day: equal rights and climate justice to accelerate the green transition
• Cuba Gambles on Green Energy to End Crippling Blackouts
• Millions more people are in the path of rising seas than previously thought
• Where Climate Change Is Making Extreme Heat Unbearable 
• Tiny marine sentinels reveal microplastic pollution along India's Gujarat coast

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Analysis & Research

• Trump's Clean Energy Dilemma
• How a 270-year-old physics trick could supercharge affordable battery technology!
• Tiny plastics, Green solutions: how algae could help clean polluted waters
• How Scientists Are Turning Plastic Bottles Into Hydrogen Fuel
• The world is getting hotter faster — its pace nearly doubled in the past decade
• Reflections on bio-based PET and plastic waste management
• Promising breakthrough creates plastics that self-deconstruct on cue: Study ​

Local

• Plans for ICE facility in Roxbury, N.J., spark protest from residents, political leaders
• N.J. county to buy 100-acre farm for preservation, trail connection to major park
• Sourland Mountain Preserve adds 55 acres across Hunterdon, Somerset
• Burlington County Looking to Expand Trail Network Through Mount Laurel
• Somerset County Parks Close Trails After Bird Deaths
• Proposed warehouse sparks environmental concerns along Musconetcong River
• Streets closed for the great salamander migration in East Brunswick NJ 
• Mercer County to Buy 56 Acres from Rider University for Open Space Preservation
• South Orange Environmental Leaders Highlight the Power of Local Climate Action
• Jackson Wins Court Victory Over Development
• A Packed Planning Board Hearing Debated the Future of an East Windsor Data Center Expansion
• Montgomery Emphasizes that 80% of a 400-acre Farmland Tract Owned by NJ would remain open space
• Hanover Environmental Commission Recognized as Part of Township’s Primary Development Review ​​

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Around the Nation

• ​US solar installations down in 2025 after Trump policies jolt market           
• Boston's 2030 Climate Action Plan:
• $50 million worth of solar panels headed for 'highly visible' state lands
• In Connecticut 92% of communities of color live in nature-deprived areas
• Washington urban forestry program faces possible elimination  
• A recycling company improperly dumped 17 tons of plastic in a landfill.
• Your utility bills keep going up. Here's everyone you can blame—AI data centers included
• These 15 Invasive Species Are Taking Over America — And Most People Don't Even Know It
• Helping Trees—and a City—Outrace Climate Change
• Illinois lawmaker proposes ban on nonbiodegradable body glitter
• Environmental groups ask FERC to reconsider approval for SSEP pipeline
• Washington State Sets 80% and 100% Clean Power Mandates for Data Centers
• Colorado's Plastic Pellet-Free Waters Act passes the Senate 
• Comprehensive Report Details Case for Nationwide Moratorium on New Data Centers
• Environmental justice advocate works to preserve her family's 100-year-old farm
• Reynolds Consumer Products AG Settlement Ends Litigation Over “recyclable bags”
• Dow asks Texas to legalize plastic pollution from its plant
• Residents of Chester County community voice concerns over massive AI data center​​

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​Opinion & Commentary

• ​The Story We Tell About Energy Will Determine Its Future
• Plastic Without End: Are We Polluting the Planet for Eternity?
• Power Hungry: How The AI Boom Is Forcing A Clean Energy Reckoning -
• Is the answer still 'blowin' in the wind?'
• Plastic recycling isn't working; what are we going to do about that?
• NJ energy policy: It's all about the subsidies
• Toilet terror? ICE detention plan will drown Roxbury in a sewage nightmare
• Data centers must clean up their acts
• Why dismantling the nation's atmospheric research backbone would be a costly mistake

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The views expressed in these articles do not necessarily represent positions held by ANJEC.