Paradox: Rising Water and Mounting Costs / NJ PBS / April 23, 2025 The Jersey Shore is an economic powerhouse but as climate change raises seas and fuels more dangerous storms, the costs of keeping the Shore open for business are becoming more expensive. Now, it’s up to local, state and federal leaders to figure Read More »
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Wind Farm Developer Remains Committed to Project Off LBI
Wind Farm Developer Remains Committed to Project Off LBI / The Sandpaper / February 6, 2025 By Gina Scala Nearly 15 months after a Danish-based wind energy company pulled the plug on what was to be New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm, London-based Shell PLC withdrew from projects to be built off the coast of Read More »
NJBPU Axes Fourth Round of Offshore Wind Contracts
NJBPU Axes Fourth Round of Offshore Wind Contracts / The Sandpaper / February 5, 2025 By Gina Scala Changes to the national energy policy, in part, prompted the N.J. Board of Public Utilities to announce earlier this week it will not move forward with awarding a fourth offshore wind solicitation contract. “There were three initial Read More »
Who Pays to Rebuild California When Insurance Falls Short? Everyone Else
Who Pays to Rebuild California When Insurance Falls Short? Everyone Else / Wall Street Journal / January 11, 2025 By Heather Gillers A shrinking California insurance market will leave Los Angeles-area residents more dependent on a patchwork of federal programs, charitable aid and their own savings to rebuild lives devastated by the most-expensive fire in Read More »
Army Corps of Engineers revises plan for bayside flood protection
Army Corps of Engineers revises plan for bayside flood protection / NJ Spotlight / December 30, 2024 By Ted Goldberg The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a revised plan to protect communities from bayside flooding. The revamped plan, which would involve spending nearly $8 billion on flood mitigation measures like house elevation and Read More »
Offshore Wind Canvass Yields Surprising Results
Offshore Wind Canvass Yields Surprising Results / The Sandpaper / July 3, 2024 By Gina Scala Conversation is defined as an informal talk between two or more people in which news and ideas are exchanged. If dictionaries used pictures instead of words to define things, there would be a photo of New Jersey Resource Project Read More »
On the Ground: The conversations we thought we couldn’t have
On the Ground: The conversations we thought we couldn’t have / Deep Canvass Institute / July 1, 2024 By Eboni Taggart This past spring, deep canvassers at the New Jersey Resource Project (NJRP) launched a the initial steps of building a script for a climate deep canvassing campaign to talk to residents in Lacey, a Read More »
Let’s talk about offshore wind.
As an offshore wind develops here in New Jersey, we want to make sure it benefits our communities directly and helps us preserve our home for years to come. Here’s how we think about it: there’s a way projects like these can be done well, and ways they can be done poorly – and doing Read More »
NJRP Short Film: Our community on offshore wind.
For the past year we’ve been working on a film that tells the story of our community’s connection to offshore wind. Including perspectives from experts, local folks (including yours truly), and everyday people who have a stake in how this happens, it lays out a community vision for responsibly-developed offshore wind. We’re so excited to Read More »
Offshore Wind Fight Focuses on Funding Local Opponents
Offshore Wind Fight Focuses on Funding Local Opponents / The Sandpaper / April 10, 2024 By Gina G. Scala A Brown University professor is clapping back against opponents of New Jersey’s offshore wind farm program, saying local groups are not as autonomous as they’d like homeowners to believe. Timmons Roberts, professor of environmental studies and Read More »