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

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​Local

• Essex County elected leaders overwhelmingly endorse greenway project
• How to Remove Spotted Lanternfly Eggs
• After Ida's Deluge, Westfield Forms Flood Risk Reduction Working group
• As Climate Change Fears Grow, a Real Fight Over Fake Turf
• Rahway River towns renew call for flood control
• Four Bernards Twp. Students' Designs Win 2021 Reusable Bag Design Challenge
• Camden County Can Become a National Model for Sustainable Construction
• New federal money kick-starts water trail on Camden river

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Around the country

• What can a president do about wildfires?
•  Manatees are dying in droves this year. The die-off could spell trouble for Florida
  
• California's Chinook salmon population is disappearing amid a historic drought
• Climate change increased Tropical Storm Ida's severity, Rutgers experts say |
• Biden Set to Host World Leaders for Climate Forum
• Ghost forests creep up U.S. East Coast - NBC News
• PSEG's Ralph Izzo Addresses Climate Change 
• FERC Accused of 'Shirking' Environmental Review for Alaska LNG Authorization
• Biden EPA finalizes its first climate rule, targeting hydrofluorocarbons
• PennEast drops plan to condemn NJ land for natural gas pipeline

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In New Jersey

• No shortage of resiliency plans in NJ… Just funding
•  How did your lawmakers score on the environment?
  
• Gov. Murphy: 'No bear hunt this year. Period'
• A site once earmarked for nuclear power will now assemble wind turbines
• New Jersey's trails have many benefits for Garden State residents
• Solar and Wind are Keys to NJ's Lofty Renewable Energy Goals
• A.C. Electric taking big steps toward clean energy, combating climate change |
• In wake of Ida, DEP looks to buy more flood-prone properties 
• Ida swamped our infrastructure. How can we build better to stop future floods?
• Is Waste-to-Energy or Landfills Better for NJ?
• Cyclists will ride 60 miles to N.J.'s capital to urge $65M purchase of rail line for bike trail  
• PennEast shelves plan to build pipeline on public lands in New Jersey​​

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 Global

• Consumer Reports: The Big Problem With Plastic
• Climate Change from Nuclear War's Smoke Could Threaten Global Food Supplies, Human Health
• Utilitarian Approach to Global Climate Policy
• New climate pledges at the U.N.
• Deadwood Releasing 10.9 Gigatons of Carbon Every Year – More Than All Fossil Fuel Emissions Combined
  
• Daycares in Finland Built Their Own 'Forests', And It Changed Kids' Immune Systems

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Opinion & analysis

•  Ida's wake up call: New Jersey must do even more, even faster
• NJ climate change: Hurricane Ida is just the beginning
• Health care must help fight climate change
• Competing environmental interests at play in Newark energy plant discussion
• Defending Nature Is a Form of Social Justice
• Let's take parks and recreation to New Jersey's urban communities
• Washington, state governments must act to address climate crisis

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