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

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 ​

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' 

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

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 ​

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​

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