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

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In New Jersey

• PSEG cutting investment in offshore wind? 
• Blue Acres: Art, science of managing flood-prone open-space properties in N.J.
• NJ Research Institutions Host Environmental Symposium to Tackle Climate Change 
• Storms mean New Jersey residents need to build 'in a way that's more resilient'
• A Planned Restart of a Horseshoe Crab Harvest Pits Conservation Against Industry
• NJ BPU Opposes Community Solar Program Expansion
• N.J. DEP Continues Application Process for Ocean Wind 1 with Hearings
• New Jersey moves to reinstate controversial black bear hunt
• NJ homeowners are dropping flood insurance despite rising risk
• N.J. neighbor calls cops on 9-year-old Black girl spraying invasive spotted lanternflies
• Pressure on the Pinelands ​

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Local

• Learn How Open Spaces in Howell Were Saved from Development
• South Plainfield Presents Plan to Revitalize Putnam Park
• Abandoned railroad tracks in New Jersey to be converted to walking trail
• Land deal is 'huge victory' for Jackson Township​
• Somerset County Recognized for Planning and Preservation Efforts
• Lawsuit Claims Westfield's Approval of Apartments Constitutes 'Spot Zoning'
• 'Precarious' Warehouse Meeting Will Not Be Tolerated in Hillsborough
• Asbury Park Green Team wants residents to 'Adopt A Drain'
• It Was a Smash: Local Kids Whack Pumpkins & Toss Them to Farm Animals
• Stormwater Matters: Community activists leverage efforts for green infrastructure
• On the Princeton Agenda: The Community Master Plan Moves into Higher Gear
• Union county launches first-of-its-kind plastic recycling program
• Meet the TCNJ freshman fighting pollution in his hometown
• South Plainfield voters establish open space and recreation fund
• N.J. residents used a grassroots campaign to thwart a warehouse developer. They fear his return.
• "It Will Be Back": Glen Rock Mayor on Open Space Tax Defeat 
• 'Floating Islands' Launch At Pond In West Orange
• Hundreds protest warehouse development in N.J town
• Toms River to buy 7-acre site on Silverton Road for $900K 

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Spotlight Analysis

• Meet the Millennium Forest: A unique tropical island reforestation project
• How the Green New Deal Changed the Conversation
• Why Marshlands Are the Perfect Lab for Studying Climate Change 
• The tipping points that could trigger global climate catastrophe 
• Beaver dams overshadow climate extremes in controlling riparian hydrology and water quality
• What Bicycle Touring Can Teach us About Climate Change
• Why protecting the ocean and wetlands can help fight the climate crisis
• The true cost of Europe's climate extremes in data: Which country has been hit hardest?
• Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world's poorest countries?

Around the Nation

• ​What does sustainable aquaculture look like in Delaware's Rehoboth Bay?
• 5 Million Maryland Trees for Climate Progress
• The EPA awards grants to monitor air quality in communities hurt by pollution
• Fairfax County Virginia Adopts First-Ever Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan
• Former PA coal communities receive millions for renewable energy, workforce development
• US voters hit hardest by climate crisis: 'I need politicians to care about this'
• 26 Environmental Organizations Call for Speed, Clarity, and Equity in Clean Energy Tax Credits
• Voters Approve $4.2B Climate Spending 3 Equity Measures NYC
• The Environmental Bond Act is critical for New York​

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Global

• ​Invasive species of mosquito likely responsible for large malaria outbreak in Ethiopia
• EVs and hybrids account for 43% of third-quarter EU new car sales
• Here's how we can invent our way out of climate change
• Invasive Mosquito Tied to Malaria Outbreak in Ethiopia
•  2 million children in flood-hit Pakistan missing school
• Climate change and rising seas threaten Egypt's breadbasket
• Electric Vehicles of All Sizes and Variety Hitting the Market Driving Multi-Billion Dollar Market
• Climate change: Hidden emissions in liquid gas imports threaten targets
• A New Environmental Machine Is Cleaning Up a Panama River
• 'An invisible killer': how fishing gear became the deadliest marine plastic 
• Hamburg, Germany interim climate report shows nearly 35% drop in carbon dioxide 
• Waste to Renewable Methanol Plant in the Middle East Announced During
• South Africa Runs on Coal. Can It Transition to Clean Energy? 
• Israel, Jordan advance clean energy-for-water deal
• Germany signs roadmap to support Kenya's complete shift to renewable energy
• European Commission steps up green transition away from Russian gas
• Senegal's 'Plastic Man' on a mission against trash
• Thailand Is Tired of the Noxious Fumes from Recycling Your Trash
• Hyundai Motor's Chung urges the world to focus on clean energy
• Hydrogen made from renewable energy will help power an Australian town for the first time
• Israel Rushes to Protect Marine Life as Mediterranean Warms
• 'Everything has changed, nothing has changed': what's stopping green energy

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Opinion & Commentary

• Has China Already Won the Clean Energy Race?
• Make Big Oil accountable for climate deception, damage
• Oceanographer on Synthetic Turf and its Link with Climate Change 
• What the U.S. Must Do Next in Fighting Climate Change
• Climate Questions: Is it too late to stop climate change? 
• We've been had: recycling plastic is actually pointless and bad
• Green is everyone’s birthright  
• Climate lawsuits are misguided  
• Livestock is a form of climate justice in the Global South

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