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Hear an overview of the NJEDA Brownfields Planning and Assessment Services that helps communities identify, assess, and plan for the redevelopment of brownfield properties. Also learn about the NJEDA Brownfields Impact Fund secure.givelively.org/event/associ...

An estimated quarter of a million trees occupied 815 acres of forest near the town of Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all gone after Google illegally stripped the entire area – taking even the top soil with it! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Fair Street project implements nature-based solutions to manage stormwater runoff, decrease urban flood risks & introduce natural green spaces. It’s part of Paterson’s broader sustainability and urban conservation plan addressing the flood hazards affecting the city’s urban land.

Gibbsboro conducted another successful cleanup of several of their trails and streets! It was awesome to see area citizens that enjoy our open space out with the students and it’s always great to meet new people.

For the second consecutive year, New Jersey’s coastal ospreys struggled to raise their young. Their continued reproductive struggles are sending us an urgent warning about the health of our coastal ecosystem. Use this link to speak up for NJ’s Ospreys: conservewildlifenj.org/.../speak-up...

Sustainable Audubon Green Team did a great job planting trees in Borough of Audubon yesterday. Special thanks to Aimee Bentley and Elizabeth Quinn for leading this program~🌳

Want to be part of the solution to the climate crisis? Check out the latest State We’re In column from New Jersey Conservation Foundation Executive Director Alison Mitchell – because a better future starts with us! www.njconservation.org/climate-acti... See less

California's highways represent an almost impenetrable barrier for wildlife. Soon, habitats on either side of the 10-laned 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills will be reconnected thanks to the world’s largest wildlife crossing www.popsci.com/environment/...

The grassroots groups claim the facility’s generators and equipment have the potential to release toxic pollutants at levels above federal limits, and allege the data center isn’t operating the necessary technology to prevent air emissions. whyy.org/articles/vin...

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New data indicates that deployments of solar and battery storage saved Texans approximately $3.55 billion and Californians approximately $2.5 billion in energy costs between June and August 2026, compared to the same period in 2021. pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/10/23/s...

Cranbury in Middlesex County approved a ban on data centers on Tues. and Colts Neck followed with the approval of a similar ban on Wed. Stanhope and Hamburg joined Little Egg Harbor in Ocean County in introducing ordinances that would prohibit data centers. www.nj.com/business/202...

Thank you to all who came out to support ANJEC’s DINE & DONATE at Triumph Restaurant & Brewery in Red Bank on Monday, October 19th. Wonderful to share ANJEC’s mission along with the important role municipal environmental commissions play in their local communities throughout New Jersey.

The newly adopted ordinance ordinance prohibits gas leaf blowers beginning January 1, 2027. Electric and battery-powered blowers remain allowed subject to the village’s existing operating-hours rules. www.tapinto.net/towns/soma/s...

The Hanover Twp Committee has passed a land-use ordinance focused on minimizing the potential negative effects of a large scale data center development distinguishing the differences between large-scale data processing centers and their impacts. www.tapinto.net/towns/hanove...

𝗣𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗬𝗥𝗔, 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗬𝗢𝗨! 🌿 The 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗺𝘆𝗿𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 is now LIVE! 🎉 What improvements would you most like to see in Palmyra? 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟴 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗬: tinyurl.com/y7taf98s

Co-sponsored by the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission and the East Brunswick Public Library ****** VIRTUAL EVENT ****** Register www.ebpl.org/adults/event...

Composting has come to Verona,…& it’s FREE for residents. The compost pilot program will help residents reduce food waste and keep valuable organic material out of the landfill. > home pickup > drop-off locations > Reduce the amount of landfill waste Learn more at: VeronaNJ.org/sv-compost

The “Hundred Acre Wood” in Blairstown is now permanently protected and will become part of the Yards Creek Preserve, expanding the preserve to nearly 450 acres. It provides critical habitat for bobcats and countless other wildlife species moving through 1 of NJ’s most important habitat corridors.

Glen Ridge Environmental Advisory Committee ~ TOMORROW… SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th Toney’s Brook Clean Up Help remove and document litter from Toney’s Brook… Rain or Shine REGISTER HERE: —> cleanoceanaction.org/beach-sweeps See less

TURNING BROWNFIELDS INTO OPPORTUNITIES: UNDERSTANDING NJEDA’s BROWNFIELDS RESOURCES Tues, November 10th @ 7:00 p.m. Zoom Webinar REGISTER HERE: secure.givelively.org/event/associ...

Individual efforts alone cannot replace the need for strong environmental policies and systemic change. But smaller steps and gradual progress can help build awareness, change habits, inspire neighbors, and create demand for larger solutions. www.njconservation.org/climate-acti...

On Tues, Oct 27 from 7 to 8:30PM at First Presbyterian Church, located at 420 Farnsworth Avenue. An expert panel will discuss collaborative purchase of the former Divine Missionaries property on E. Park Street in late 2020. www.tapinto.net/towns/borden...

Nature is endlessly interesting! Isak’s photograph of two shoebills in Uganda’s Mabamba Swamp has earned him yet another Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award! www.goodthingsguy.com/sa-photograp...

Josh Hitchner is appointed as new Chair of the Pitman Environmental Commission.He has served on the Pitman EC for nearly 10 years. He has supported municipal stewardship of trees on public land, led ecological restoration projects, and contributed to educational resources from the Commission.

Tuckerton Environmental Commission and many volunteers planted 8 trees along Main Street. When it came time to water, Chief Frank Runza of Parkertown Fire Company brought over a fire truck instead of having to use garden hoses.

In the Autumn edition of ANJEC REPORT… COLLABORATING TO CONNECT HABITAT ACROSS NEW JERSEY (p. 4) By~ Lindsay Brubaker of Duke Farms www.flipsnack.com/BA66ED99E8C/...

Local Power, Lower Bills: How Municipal Community Solar Can Help NJ Communities Take Control of Rising Electricity Costs Thurs, November 12th @ 4:00 PM Virtual Webinar REGISTER HERE: thirdact.org/new-jersey/e...

ANJEC’s very first Rain Garden project was installed on this day in 2015 at the Pilesgrove Township Municipal Building. Over the past 11 years, ANJEC has completed the installation of OVER 40 Rain Garden projects across SOUTH JERSEY NATURALLY FILTERING OVER 3.5 MILLION GALLONS OF STORMWATER RUNOFF

Remembering Frederick James Hills, age 87, who passed away peacefully on October 16. He was a founding member of the West Deptford Environmental Commission, and wherever his career took him, he became involved in his local community's environmental commissions. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

Monarch butterflies have suffered population decline upward of 90 percent in recent decades. Denville Environmental Commission celebrated the butterfly’s 3,000-mile migration with a milkweed giveaway & unveiling of new pollinator garden signs at Denville Park Meadow. www.tapinto.net/towns/denvil...

Last Saturday the Clark Environmental Commission held its succssful 26th Annual Reservoir Cleanup. Event organizers directed enthusiastic volunteers to a designated cleanup area between Raritan Road and St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church on Madison Hill Road. www.tapinto.net/towns/clark/...

The Borough of Chatham Council voted, 5-0, at its meeting on Tuesday to adopt an ordinance on second reading that “Expressly Prohibits Data Centers in All Zoning Districts within the Borough,” citing environmental concerns. www.tapinto.net/towns/chatha...

A lifetime of service --O’Neill worked with the state’s first commissioner, Richard J. Sullivan, after Gov. William Cahill and the legislature created the NJDEP. He also directed the Division of Marine Services and helped establish the state’s first Energy Office. newjerseyglobe.com/fr/thomas-on...

With the new LEED v5 rating system, LEADING GREEN has thoroughly updated materials to ensure participants are learning the most current requirements and are fully prepared for the new exam. embers use the code SUST to receive a $100 discount. leadinggreen.com/online-leed-...

“We don’t really know how we’re going to proceed from here, other than hope and pray that the county comes to their senses and realizes that they don’t have a clue how to run a lighthouse.” ~ Nancy Patterson Tidy www.nj.com/cumberland/2...

The Pinelands Alliance webinar training on how to defeat data centers and other bad ideas has been rescheduled for: Wednesday, October 28 at 7PM engage.pinelandsalliance.org/component/ev...

Nearly 17% of the twp’s residents live below the poverty line. Despite the possibility of a $10,000 payout, residents are organizing to reject both the data center campus itself & lengthy stretch of power lines meant to supply power to the facility. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Guardians of Nature~ Six small choices, most of them free and most of them just leaving things alone, turn a yard into the place wildlife gets through winter. Six ways to build a winter refuge:

The Verona Environmental Commisison thanks the volunteers members of The Verona Park Conservancy for their support, service, and enuine dedication to our community.

Congrats! Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission were honored with a 2026 ANJEC Environmental Achievement Award for their collaborative Repair Cafe and Craft Supply Swap program series. patch.com/new-jersey/e...

Kudos to Princeton for winning the prestigious ANJEC Environmental Achievement Award. www.tapinto.net/towns/prince...

Every bag of trash becomes, in a very real sense, an inheritance, passed down to people who haven’t been born yet. Just as we’re now managing the tail end of waste produced by generations before us, the next generation will be left managing ours. jerseyvindicator.org/2026/10/07/t...

We measure our relationship with trash in days: trash day, pickup day, the day the can is finally emptied. But that is the beginning of a much longer chapter, one measured in decades rather than days. jerseyvindicator.org/.../trash-jui jerseyvindicator.org/2026/10/07/t...

A 40-MW, 2-story data center near Bell Works in Holmdel is directly adjacent to residential communities, a c-1 stream that feeds into a drinking water reservoir, and is expected to be powered by the local grid. Take actionl: sc.org/bellworksdc

The EPA’s failure to disclose details about AI tools that vet toxic chemicals and pesticides is part of a larger pattern. When asked about an AI product designed to evaluate the sponsors of unaccompanied immigrant children, it disappeared from the HHS website. www.csmonitor.com/Environment/...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has directed environmental regulators to temporarily stop issuing pollution permits to data centers, which would effectively pause most data center development in Oregon until next summer.

"If that's not a bribe, I don't know what is."