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News Highlights
A quick review of top environmental news stories from the past 2 weeks

​Local
  • Two Union County parks get spruced up via “Adopt-a-Park” volunteer program
  • More parks, fields and trails? Somerset County takes an important step
  • Highlands Council funds watershed protection projects in Morris County and plan conformance assessment in Warren County
  • ​First two master plan streaming meetings cover land use and mobility in South Orange's future
  • Hazlet fight against NJ Natural Gas regulator station chained to fate of Holmdel case
  • Businesses near 2 NJ cities can replace stinky trucks with electric ones under new pilot program
  • Freehold regional schools chop energy use 31% since September
  • NJ rejects plan to give tax break to Warren County farmland eyed for development

Around the country
  • EPA publishes first installment of controversial final risk evaluation for asbestos
  • Trump administration jams in environmental rollbacks in final days
  • ​Will 2021 be the year for environmental justice legislation? States are already leading the way
  • Biden administration must mobilize 'entire federal government' to face climate crisis
  • Biden's extremely busy Day 1 on climate change
  • ​Businesses aim to pull greenhouse gases from the air. It’s a gamble.
  • ​Survey finds consumers show ‘strong preference’ for paper packaging over plastic
  • ​How an environmental justice controversy sparked in Upper Darby
  • With Biden in charge, NJ's clean air advocates hope the days of diesel are numbered
  • ​Supreme court case could limit future lawsuits against fossil fuel industry
  • Forever chemicals are widespread in US drinking water
  • Federal energy commission opts not to consider PennEast Pipeline a day before Biden becomes president ...
In New Jersey
  • Climate change: New Jersey had its second-warmest year on record in 2020
  • Bateman bill bolstering electric vehicle charging infrastructure advances
  • NJ Transit withdraws permit for fracked gas plant
  • NJ Uber riders may soon choose electric cars for pickup (but it'll cost you)
  • NJ Transit pulls plug on air permit application for gas power plant, a win for those opposing it
  • A toolkit for local environmental responsibilities

 Global
  • How much does Amazon and E-commerce contribute to plastic pollution?
  • Big Oil’s flagship plastic waste project sinks on the Ganges
  • The leaders in the race to build a better EV battery
  • EU farmers could get cash to curb emissions from belching livestock
  • Electric car batteries with 5-minute charging times produced
  • ​Big Oil hits brakes on search for new fossil fuels

Opinion & analysis
  • A $1.5 billion investment to combat climate change 
  • New Jersey has to face the impacts of climate change 
  • A commissioner's farewell and hopes for a stronger, fairer, greener New Jersey
  • Lessons from Newark's aggressive replacement of lead service lines
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