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NJDEP ANNOUNCES PLANS TO REMOVE SOMERSET COUNTY DAM USING NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGES FUNDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 16, 2021 - The obsolete Headgates dam on the Raritan River in Somerset County will be removed using natural resource damages funds secured by the state, opening significant stretches of the river’s North and South branches to fish passage for the first time in nearly two centuries, Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced today.
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MURPHY ADMINISTRATION ADVANCES EFFORTS TO SEQUESTER CARBON, FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE WITH RELEASE OF FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL AND WORKING LANDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 13, 2021 - Complementing the Murphy Administration’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build greater climate resilience, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) have released for public review the outline of a strategy for managing natural and working lands that is intended to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere contributing to global warming.
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SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS TO ONLY BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST, EFFECTIVE THURSDAY, NOV. 4, TO HELP FIGHT PLASTIC POLLUTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2021 - A provision of New Jersey’s commitment to reduce plastics pollution statewide will take effect on Thursday, Nov. 4 when food-service businesses may provide single-use plastic straws to a customer only upon request, the Department of Environmental Protection and NJ Business Action Center announced today.
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	New Jersey Climate Change Alliance - Sustainable Organic Material Management Plan In August, 2021, the New Jersey Climate Change Alliance Organics Workgroup finalized a Sustainable Organic Material Management Plan for New Jersey to help inform work going forward to reduce wasted food, feed those in need, and drive organics away from landfills which are significant contributors to methane emissions. Read more...
	Garden State Watercolor Society’s 51st Annual Art Exhibit “Recovery” D&R Greenway Land Trust announces the reopening of its Marie L. Matthews Art Gallery at its Johnson Education Center in Princeton with the aptly named exhibit “Recovery” in partnership with the Garden State Watercolor Society (GSWS). Read more...
	Groundwork Elizabeth Climate Safe Neighborhoods Survey 2021 "Climate change is affecting all of us. It is making our city hotter and wetter than ever but there are ways to cool and dry our neighborhoods using green infrastructure. We want to hear from you about how you've experienced heat and flooding and what the city should do about it." The Climate Safe Neighborhoods Task Force will take the results of this survey to the City and discuss how they can help to cool and dry our community." Read more...
	New Jersey Beekeepers Association: 2022 Beekeeping Courses The Essex County Beekeepers Society, Raritan Valley Beekeepers Association, and South Jersey Beekeepers Association are offering courses on sustainable beekeeping for beginners in early 2022. Registration is now open, and scholarships are available for New Jersey students. Read more...