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

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In New Jersey

• Environmentalists battle over regulations
• NJ towns tap into water help
• NJ suspends shellfish harvest after high levels of fecal bacteria found
• NJ produces a lot of America's cranberries: Could crop be wiped out?
• Wind-blown New Jersey Pinelands fire is contained
• EPA orders OxyChem to plan Passaic River cleanup
• New Jersey advances transition to clean zero-emission vehicles
• Kean University's 'Urban Impact' Podcast Episode 4 Explores Urban Biodiversity
• Artist turns 'waste into beauty' to highlight water issues
• Goodbye to gas-powered vehicles when? 
• State hears environmentalists', residents' concerns about proposed development
• Proposed Ciba Settlement 'Not About Punishment': DEP Commissioner ​

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Around the Nation

• ​Campaign for rooftop solar goes to school
• Biden's Rule on Clean Waters Draws Rebuke from House Committee
• US energy department grants $375M loan for lithium battery recycling plant
• Biden's first veto could impact your 401(k) and how companies react to climate change
• Are Butterflies Wildlife? Depends Where You Live
• USPS to purchase 9,000 electric vehicles, install 14,000 charging stations 
• Protecting Public Health and the Environment in the Wake of the Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
• New York lawmakers consider three packaging EPR bills
• Billions Are Available to Tackle Environmental Racism. Where Is the Money Going?
• Activists shout down rural renewable energy projects
• Correcting discrimination against Black farmers 
• A clean-energy Texas suburb goes national
• After years of delay, New Orleans adds first electric vehicles to city fleet
• Pennsylvania ranks near bottom of states in renewable energy generation
• EPA pauses moving train derailment material to Indiana landfill 
• FEMA Program Called Successful at Creating Incentives for Community Flood Risk Reduction
• Oregon eyes mandate for climate change lessons in schools
• In the Extinction Capital of the World, A Native School Is Restoring Indigenous Forests
• PA announces findings of invasive species survey, create management program
• Climate is changing too quickly for the Sierra Nevada's 'zombie forests' 

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Opinion & Commentary

• How worried should we be about microplastic pollution?
• Can renewable energy projects replace Louisiana's lost oil and gas jobs?
•  Court case could kill progress on plastic pollution in Canada
• Why Climate Change Is the Greatest Threat to Human Progress
• Is hydrogen really a clean enough fuel to tackle the climate crisis?
• Pollution is not renewable energy
• Biden should fight climate change, not trade wars
• Why Is the E.P.A. So Timid in the East Palestine Train Disaster?

Local

• ​What's next for Westampton farmland once approved for Virtua Health hospital?
• Princeton Approves Ordinance to Acquire Land For Affordable Housing
• Montclair EC Gives Green Light to Lackawanna Plaza Plan with Conditions
• Somerset County Receives Grant in Support of Watershed Management Program
• 'Enough pollution' in low-income NJ area with 1 power plant 
• Updates to Princeton’s ERI Presented at General Information Session
• Blocked warehouse builder taking local zoning body into state court
• Great Swamp association urges public to oppose Harding condos
• Montclair Planning Board: Master Plan Could Be Amended for Climate Change
• Middletown Township Committee Calls to Halt Wind Turbine Construction
• Will Princeton Declare This Site as Area in Need of Rehabilitation?
• Morris County Story Map Celebrates 40 Years of Farmland Preservation
• Toms River Approves Ban on Environmental Easements in Industrial Zones
• Lead Pipe Removal Program in The Works For Chatham Borough
• Rain gardens, driveways that filter rain among green remedies for improving Budd Lake health

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Global

• More investment in renewable energy needed if climate goals to be reached
• Plastic Industry Sues Government to Stop Canada from Reducing Plastic Pollution 
• Hidden dangers on Easter Island: The hunt for microplastics
• Climate change is fueling more conflict between humans and wildlife
• Environmental Auditors Approve Green Labels for Products Linked to Deforestation
• Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat
• Iceland shows the world how to run on reliable and clean energy 
• Costa Rica Reached Highest EV Market Share in The Americas in 2022
• Climate change threatens Canadian security, prosperity
• 105 countries support this climate justice resolution
• China's renewables progress comes alongside a coal power boom
•  Europe emerges from second warmest winter on record
• For Every Person on Earth, There Are 21,000 Pieces of Plastic in the Ocean
• Environmental damage from war in Ukraine nearing $55 billion
• Iraqi prime minister promises action to tackle climate change, transition to renewables ​

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Spotlight Analysis

• How much does mass tree planting affect climate change?
• Before the floods I thought climate change wasn't my problem. No longer
• One is bad enough: Climate change raises the threat of multiple hurricanes
• The Fungal Future of Ecofriendly Soil Cleanup
• How Climate Change Is Impacting How Sharks Swim
• With global warming of just 1.2°C, why has the weather gotten so extreme?
• Study shows the potential consequences of climate change for the ocean food web
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Leads The Way In Natural Solutions For NY/NJ Coastal Flooding​

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