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

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​Local

• Filmmaker produces video urging preservation of Drew Forest
  
• Warehouse dominates state-federal environmental justice meeting in Phillipsburg
• Brick EC helps Sponsor Local Green Fair Showcasing Sustainability
• Airmont mikvah: DEC issues more violations at Hillside site; NJ borough hires attorney
• Reusable Bottles Video Earns Lake Riviera 2nd In NJ Climate Contest
• State Won't Release $4M In Green Acres Funds Until Weehawken Opens Pool to Out-Of-Towners
• Madison earmarks money for Dodge Field playground, Memorial Park trail improvements
• Mendham Township's native plant garden, literally, gets warm welcome for ribbon-cutting
• Greening Of Rumson Helped by Grant
• South Plainfield High School Students Recognized for Innovative Climate Action Project

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Global

• In Brazil, skateboards made of bottle caps promote recycling
  
• Plastic pollution, beach huts posing threat to survival of sea turtles
• Australia Has Finally Woken Up to Climate Change 
• Hydrogen could become the great missed opportunity of the energy transition
• Huge offshore wind farm to use recyclable turbine blades
• About a Third of Vehicles Sold in India Will Be Electric by 2030
• 2022 Goldman Prize winners fought for Environmental Justice across the globe
• Climate change is causing "mass die-offs" of animals
• Climate activists superglue themselves to EU Commission entrance
• Mexico signs renewable energy deals with US companies as it steps up climate change fight
• Egypt rehabilitates coastal areas to address climate change 
• Why Spain's renewable energy boom is so controversial
• Plastics, like diamonds, last forever, celebs and experts warn
• New Zealand: Sea sponge populations 'dying by the millions' due to climate change 
• 4 Ways Climate Change Is Already Taking a Toll| Discover Magazine
• This super-tree could help feed the world and fight climate change 
  

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Spotlight Analysis

• How Environmental and Climate Injustice Affects the LGBTQI+ Community
  
• Should Plastic Pollution Producers Be Held Accountable?
• The Impact of Climate Change on Retirement Planning
• Why renewable energy infrastructure needs to be built for a circular economy
• Swamps Can Protect Against Climate Change If We Only Let Them
• How to Fight Decades of Environmental Racism 
• Yesteryear's Redlining Means Environmental Racism Today
• How LGBTQI Folks Are Reclaiming Space on the Land
  

In New Jersey

• NJBPU approves $820,000 in grants to create community energy plans
• Environmental Groups Urge Governor to Reject Regional Energy Access Expansion Project
• The Future Is Green
• Pinelands’ off-road problems 
• Commissioner LaTourette Attends Facility Opening for All-Electric Ambulances
• A push for energy storage  
• New Jersey Struggles with Whitetail Deer Overpopulation
• Where the wild things are: A field guide to interesting species in N.J. 
  
• NJ agriculture secretary helps kick off blueberry season in Hammonton
• 2022 Rain Barrel Challenge Winners Recognized
• Huge Pinelands forest fire ranks among N.J.'s 20 biggest wildfires
• A second N.J. forest fire grows to 300 acres, is fully contained
• This NJ man may be the last of 'Piney' hunter-gatherers, living off land in Pine Barrens

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Around the Nation

• Clean energy startup considering West Baton Rouge for $800M facility
• EPA says 'forever chemicals' pose a health risk even at very low levels
• Here's where the U.S. has electric vehicle charging stations
• EPA Signals Heightened Focus on Environmental Justice with Sweeping Guidance
• Stanford researcher discusses climate change and air pollution impacts on children's health
• Chopping up Invasive Worms Makes New Individuals
  
• House Science Committee Release Report on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia
• Rhode Island set to pass nation's most aggressive renewable energy law
• California Lawmakers Strike Tentative Deal on Plastic Pollution 
• Giant Burmese python weighing 215 pounds preyed on white-tailed deer
• As Texas increases renewable energy production, grid capacity and transmission haven't caught up
• Environmental and community groups urge US Supreme Court to uphold clean water protections
• Forest Service failed to account for climate change in New Mexico fire
• Houstonians plead with lawmakers for cleaner air in Black neighborhoods
• EPA Takes Action Against West Haven Chemical Warehousing Company
• Rhode Island legislature commits to 100% of state's electricity from renewable sources by 2033
• Michigan Ratepayers Celebrate Historic Win for Greener, Healthier Energy
• Advancing Environmental Justice - EHS Daily Advisor
• Scientists trace black stains on beachgoers' feet to invasive species

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Opinion

• Plastic pollution is bad, but food waste is far worse
  
• All for show? Why we need better leadership on recycling 
• We Need Biology in the Fight Against Climate Change. But Are We Ready to Use It?
• Solar brownfields in trouble 
• What's Worse: Climate Denial or Climate Hypocrisy?
• Exxon Mobil CEO: All new passenger cars will be electric by 2040
  

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