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

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​Local

• EPA targets Bergen, Passaic counties for Passaic River dioxin cleanup. But is it enough?
• Greenwood Lake's toxic algae bloom could last months, biologist says
• Will offshore wind farms come near Bayshore region?
• Rutgers study will help clear mercury from meadowlands
• Livingston ad hoc plastics committee contemplates ban on single-use plastic
• Carneys Point, seeking Dupont cleanup, no longer a meek company town
• South Orange trustees indicate unanimous opposition to Turtle Back Zoo expansion
• Paterson officials step up citywide recycling efforts
• Lambertville spreads the word about new single-use plastic ordinance
• Toll Brothers add runoff deterrents at 100-acre site in Mahwah, Upper Saddle River
• NJ town working to fix brown ‘dirty’ water after operator arrest

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Around the country

• ​New plastic bag tax to take effect in Connecticut
• Phoenix Sky Harbor switches to desert landscape to save water, money
• Cloning giant redwoods could help combat climate change
• Memo to the auto industry: Time to join California and leaders opposing Trump clean cars rollback
• Delaware Governor John Carney signs bill banning plastic bags
• Alaska’s summer heat has been ‘basically off the charts’
• Holiday Inn will stop providing mini plastic toiletries to help save the oceans
• A new old way to combat toxic algae: Float it up, then skim it off
• Homes are being built the fastest in many flood-prone areas, study finds
• Climate change will spark a blue crab baby boom. Then predators will relocate from the south and eat them.
• New EPA lead standards to give utilities wide latitude

In New Jersey

• Panel: NJ ocean, temps rising
• PSEG plans to power down all but three natural-gas power plants
• Around NJ, food industry weighs costs against environment as it grapples with bans on oft-used plastic products
• DEP commissioner: Here’s why it’s harmful to swim in some of NJ's most popular lakes
• Oyster seeding: A ‘tangible, physical’ way to help the water
• One of America's oldest power companies is going carbon free
• What is black carbon? And will New Jersey be able to reduce its impact on global warming?
• NJ trying to stop endangered Pinelands shrub from going extinct
• What you need to know about the flesh-eating bacteria in NJ
• Algal blooms are a growing problem in New Jersey lakes

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 Global

• Why indoor air quality matters to our bodies and our brains
• Are mini shampoo bottles the new plastic straw?
• Are ecobricks the answer to plastic pollution?
• You can now trade plastic bottles for metro tickets in Rome
• Costa Rica to completely ban polystyrene due to environmental impact
• Plastic pollution sickening seabirds, making them smaller, says study
• The 20th century was the hottest in nearly 2,000 years
• We must change food production to save the world, says leaked report
• Irish teenager wins global science award for removing microplastics from water
• Huge swathes of the Arctic on fire, ‘unprecedented’ satellite images show

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Opinion & analysis

• Preserving New Jersey’s precious topsoil
• Climate change is a winning campaign issue — and President Trump knows it
• The road to a 100% clean economy
• The White House blocked my report on climate change and national security
• Drinking the plastic
• Why are we still looking for oil and gas?

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