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

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​Local

• Hawks badly burned by new Meadowlands landfill flame; gas flare installed without barrier
• Spotted lanternflies confirmed in 5 Burlington Co. municipalities
• Ewing: Leave your leaves – the ecological benefits of the not so perfect yard
• ‘We’re not going to be Newark,’ says Paterson mayor Sayegh in launching effort to combat lead
• In Paterson, lead in the city's water is a game of 'Russian roulette.' Here's why
• Open a window to the river, close the door on flooding

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Around the country

• Out here in New Mexico, life and death flow at the pace of the vulnerable Rio Grande
• As sea levels rise, so do ghost forests
• From the rooftops, big box stores are embracing solar
• California bans single-use plastics in hotel rooms
• The most detailed map of auto emissions in America
• This climate problem is bigger than cars and much harder to solve
• For the first time in decades, EPA is overhauling how communities must test for lead in water
  
• ​America’s ‘green economy’ is now worth $1.3 trillion

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Opinion & analysis

• How we can help the ocean heal
• NJ lead water crisis: Four reasons to doubt Gov. Phil Murphy's promise to clean it up

In New Jersey

• NJ makes small gains in energy efficiency, but is no longer a leader among states
• ‘Flash drought’ forces officials to ban fires in six counties in NJ Highlands
• BPU caved when awarding nuclear subsidies to PSEG, rate counsel argues
• Stink bug invasion hits full blast. Here’s how to get rid of the foul-smelling pests.
• Blue Acres makes a ‘good start’ at removing flood-prone properties
• Senators say more urgency, more money needed for state’s water infrastructure
• That’s got to change, official says. We get our water from more than 600 systems
• Murphy answers critics, lays out plan to get lead out of schools
• The can-do spirit of New Jersey’s citizen scientists
• NJ is trying to get tough on PFAS. The EPA and DOD aren’t playing ball.
• Lead in NJ water: Phil Murphy wants $500M bond question on 2020 ballot to remove lead pipes
• Gov. Phil Murphy has 'epiphany' and comes out against North Bergen power plant
• NJ should pay more taxes to fight climate change, most say in poll

 Global

• A floating device created to clean up plastic from the ocean is finally doing its job, organizers say
• Bad ancestors: Does the climate crisis violate the rights of those yet to be born?
• Norway is walking away from billions of barrels of oil
• Tree planting 'has mind-blowing potential' to tackle climate crisis
• Sea 'boiling' with methane discovered in Siberia: 'No one has ever recorded anything like this before'
• Methane in the atmosphere is surging, and that’s got scientists worried
• UK company turning waste plastic into fuel for hydrogen cars
• Scotland generating enough wind energy to power two Scotlands

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