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

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​Around the Nation

• Clean energy group admits going green may mean chaos for New York's power grid
• Climate disasters are on the rise. These states want to make oil companies pay
• Pittsburgh youth respond to Supreme Court denying youth climate lawsuit appeal
• Bird Sanctuary Burns Down Invasive Plants to Create Native Habitat
• Coastal flooding will threaten homes of 2.5 million Americans by 2050
• California's Climate Superfund Passes First Committee
• Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the first month on record 
• PA Environmental justice bill moves forward from committee
• In 15 Years, 80000 Homes in the New York Area May Be Lost to Flooding
• The plastics industry pushes for deregulation in new recycling bill
• Could RI finally have a bottle recycling bill? Here are the options ​

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Global

• Nigeria: Plastic Waste Initiative Helps Parents Pay For Children's Education
• Bangladesh continues promotion of biodegradable bags amid battle against polythene
• How Antarctica's melting ice fuels global climate impact
• 90 Million at Risk: Scientists Warn of Looming Andean Water Crisis 
• South Korea's food waste recycling model turns leftovers into energy
• 'Alarming' microplastic pollution in Europe's great rivers   
• "It's almost heartbreaking:" LNP states have killed two renewable targets in two weeks. What's next?
• Copecus: Warmest March in Europe and lowest Arctic winter sea ice
• EU expects to add record renewable capacity in 2025, industry sees headwinds | Reuters
• South African Court said no to new Coal-fired Power: what's behind the Ruling

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Local

• News Flash • Burlington County and NJDEP Holding Three Publi
• Scenic 11-Acre Parcel Along Raritan River Permanently Protected
• New Jersey community tries to keep its green space — and only working farm — untouched
• Harmful Algal Bloom Triggers Advisory at Mountain Lake in Warren County 
• Initiative aims to preserve open space, protect wildlife in Warren County, NJ,
• PFAS contamination in New Jersey town prompts EPA investigation
• Mendham Twp. - finally - seeks to conform with Highlands master plan
• Washington Township Green Team Supports Native Plant Month
• Burlington County Commissioners Approve Study for Mansfield Trail Extension
• Rain Garden Signage goes up in Vineland - South Jersey Media
• Duke Farms Undertakes Long-Term Reforestation of 112 Fallow Acres in Hillsborough
• New 'Master Plan' Lays Out Future Of Development In Bloomfield
• Decision looms in N.J. town over developer's controversial mega-warehouse plan
• Camden’s lithium-ion battery rule

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Opinion & Commentary

• Trump-era science cuts would open the door to industry-fueled pollution
• The time is ripe for a geothermal boom 
• We passed the 1.5C climate threshhold. We must now explore extreme options 
• Local Landscaper: Millburn's Proposed Seasonal Restriction Is a Great Idea
• Microplastics: an underestimated and underregulated crisis 
•  New Jersey must continue to lead in climate change education​

In Washington

• Trump repeals Biden-era clean energy manufacturing orders
• Trump's Department of Energy targets California and other blue states for budget cuts
• SCOTUS case to determine fate of NEPA environmental regulation
• Trump's Tariffs Are Expected to Undermine the Clean Energy Transition
• Trump takes aim at the people who protect national parks from climate change
• Under Pressure From DOGE, Department of Energy Weighs Deep Cuts to Clean Energy
• US battery and carbon capture projects slated for cuts on DOE list
• Trump is gutting the nation's environmental programs. 
• Trump's funding freeze puts climate-friendly farm programs in jeopardy
• Trump administration blocks billions in environmental justice funds despite court rulings
• Trump administration closes environmental offices, reshaping federal policy 
• Trump signs executive order to expand 'clean' coal, but there's no such thing
• Trump cuts put another program at risk
• Trump's new goal: Revive a major climate pollutant that power markets have turned against
• Trump declares war on state climate laws  
• Trump administration fires staff for flagship U.S. climate assessment
• Trump orders agencies to 'sunset' environmental protections
• White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled

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In New Jersey

• ​NJ Climate Change Conference Brings Together Broad Coalition of Experts
• Burlington County and NJDEP holding workshops for climate change resiliency planning
• Illinois Senate Democrats outline legislation to phase out single-use plastic bags, foam food ware
• Climate grants for New Jersey in Trump administration’s crosshairs
• NJDEP awards Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority with Our Water's Worth It Award
• Trump Administration Cuts Princeton Funding to Study Climate Change
• NJDEP awards Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority with Our Water's Worth It Award
• StoryMap Celebrates Three Decades of Open Space Preservation
• N.J. is one approval away from a new power plant

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Spotlight Analysis & Research

• ​Newly Discovered Plastic by Japan: How it works, its Features and Benefits
• Scientists fear rollback of clean air rules could bring acid rain back
• Climate change isn't fair but Tony Juniper's new book explains how a green transition could be 'just'
• New warnings of a 'Butterfly Effect' — in reverse 
• Paving the Way to Fusion Energy
• Researchers uncover alarming particles hiding in our bodies for decades
• New Rubber Recycling Method Could Reduce Tire Waste
• Microplastics and pollution combine to become much more toxic
• Fast-moving underwater avalanches dump microplastics into deep-sea ecosystems 
• Scientists make disturbing discovery after examining coastal wildlife: 'These birds are really suffering'

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