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

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In New Jersey

• New Jersey's Secretary of State appointed as Lieutenant Governor
• Heat hazards for homeless people
• NJ DEP Says No Evidence Sonar Mapping Contributing to Whale Deaths
• Extreme heat forces school closings and early dismissals
• Bear Hunt Back On In NJ: First Kill Could Be Next Month
• DEP Launches Online Mapping Tool to Target and Coordinate Coastal Resilience Projects
• Controversial N.J. gas pipeline project in question after court victory for environmentalists
• New Jersey DEP Issues Climate Change Warning For Residents
• Local officials leave millions intended to preserve farmland unspent
• NJDEP Anticipates Significant Updates to Surface Water Quality Standards
• Conservationists clash over plan to save a rare bird in a public forest
• Murphy Administration Launches Resource to Help Teachers Incorporate Climate Change​

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Global

• Germany's climate action 'insufficient' to meet targets
• African leaders call for new global taxes to fund climate change action
• UK faces 'biggest clean energy policy failure' amid fears offshore wind auction to bomb
• 'A global problem': Libya floods a wake-up call to dangers of climate change and old infrastructure
• Abandoned Electric Cars in China 'As Far As The Eye Can See' | The Big Take -
• UK Climate Change Committee's 2023 Progress Report Urges Action to Meet Climate Targets
• Nature Restoration Regulation generates storm in European Parliament
• Inspired Indonesian Youth Pulls 2.6 Million Pounds of Trash from Nation's Rivers in Just 3 Years
• Solar Power Europe Predicts EU Will Reach Its Renewable Energy Goal 3 Years Early
• Small and mid-sized towns hold enough solar potential to power all German households
• European Parliament approves renewable energy boost
• Saudi Arabia to host World Environment Day 2024 with a focus on land restoration
• EU unveils wind power package. Which countries are leading the way, and which need the help?
• These Countries Are Adopting Electric Vehicles the Fastest
• Beach cleanup in Brazil highlights dangers of plastic pollution ​​

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Spotlight Analysis

• What Do Climate Scientists Tell Their Kids about the Future?
• Poor water quality disproportionately affects socially vulnerable communities
• In Chicago, Environmental Justice Was Birthed by a Black Woman. A New Podcast Tells Her Story.
• The living things that feast on plastic
• She kills to be kind: the mastermind ecologist eliminating invasive predators
• Invasive species and climate change: A perfect match? These animals thrive amid global warming.
• Climate change exacerbates deadly floods worldwide 

 

Around the Nation

• A county commission drafts ordinance aiming to ban recyclables at West Hawai'i landfill
• Clemson architecture students garner three national awards for environmentally sustainable design
• Biden-Harris Administration Launches New Large-Scale Water Recycling Program
• For community built atop former landfill, a long wait for justice
• Summer of soot and sewage: Erie experiences air, beach water pollution problems
• DOE Unveils New Interactive Map Showcasing Clean Energy Investment Announcements.
• California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception
• Old West Virginia Steel Mill Becomes a Green-Energy Powerhouse
• Massachusetts agencies to halt all purchases of single-use plastic bottles 

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Local

• ​Portraits, Fire & Pine Trees: New Fall Exhibitions at the Stockton Art Gallery
• Barnegat Township Donates 87 Acres of Open Space to Preservation Commission
• Take Photos Of Pollinators In Middlesex County Parks This September
• Allentown, Area Residents Sue Robbinsville Over Approved Warehouse
• Lawrence Township Public Schools recognized for climate change education
• July floods expose vulnerability of infrastructure in P'burg, other N.J. towns
• Hasbrouck Heights Land Use Board Releases Master Plan Re-examination Results
• A haven for pollinators on Madison's Woodland Road
• FEMA Grants Hoboken with Major Expansion of Southwest Resiliency Park
• Still awaiting this warehouse decision
• Cranford Township Committee Passes a Landmark Shade Tree Commission Ordinance
• Does a recent N.J. Supreme Court decision mean the end of tax breaks for developers in Princeton?
• Friends of Drew Forest stump for land's preservation at county open space meeting
• County Approves Purchase of Raritan Open Space Properties
• Princeton in the Climate Change Era: The Flood Risk Zone Expands for 78 Properties
• County Approves Purchase of Raritan Open Space Properties
• Cherry Hill plans to preserve Holly Ravine farm property as open space 

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Opinion & Commentary

• Is The WOTUS Carousel Finally Stopping Post-Sackett?
• The Sierra Club hired its first Black CEO. Turmoil over racial equity followed.
• Endangered species and climate change
• This summer's extreme weather is a sign of things to come - National
• Summer 2023 was the hottest on record – yes, it's climate change,
• Is a new geopolitical battleground developing over electric cars?

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