Documentary Film, Tuckerton Gathering Favor Ocean Wind Farms / The Sandpaper / May 10, 2023 By Rick Mellerup A new short documentary film regarding ocean wind farms, directed by Jon Coen, premiered last Sunday evening at the Union Market, located at the Tuckerton Seaport in Tuckerton. A panel discussion followed at the event, which drew Read More »
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Little Egg Harbor Bulkhead Project Begins Soon
Little Egg Harbor Bulkhead Project Begins Soon / The Sandpaper / April 26, 2023 By Gina Scala Flanked by the bay to east and the Pine Barrens to the west, Little Egg Harbor Township lies at the southernmost end of Ocean County, about as far from offshore wind development as a Jersey Shore community can Read More »
Slow ships to lessen collisions with whales
Slow ships to lessen collisions with whales / Press of Atlantic City / March 8, 2023 In summer ice cream consumption rises and so do shark attacks. Obviously there is no causal connection between these disparate facts. (Thanks to Dr. Amy for this example of correlation not causation.) Likewise, as emphasized by NOAA scientists, there Read More »
Sea Change Caps Successful Summer With Funding to Continue Recovery Work
Sea Change Caps Successful Summer With Funding to Continue Recovery Work / TheSandPaper.net / September 13, 2022 By Victoria Ford The LBI-based Sea Change Recovery Community Organization received a $50,000 grant from the Rx Foundation for its “visionary work of creating an intersection of community-based recovery services and advocacy/organizing for systems change,” RCO founder Elizabeth Beaty has Read More »
BOEM Extends Comment Period for NY Bight Offshore Wind Projects
BOEM Extends Comment Period for NY Bight Offshore Wind Projects / TheSandPaper.net / August 24, 2022 Includes Marine Lease Site for Atlantic Shores By Gina G. Scala One of the six wind lease areas included in the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s first-ever regional environmental review and analysis is the 79,351 acres belonging to Read More »
New Jersey needs equitable access to off-shore wind power | Opinion
New Jersey needs equitable access to off-shore wind power | Opinion / NorthJersey.com / August 18, 2022 Cameron Foster, Jody Stewart and Meghan Mertyris Special to the USA TODAY Network Nearly a decade ago during Superstorm Sandy, my Point Pleasant home flooded with 4 feet of water, displacing my family for nearly six years. Read More »
Draft of environmental impact statement on Ocean Wind gets third lengthy hearing
Draft of environmental impact statement on Ocean Wind gets third lengthy hearing / The Press of Atlantic City / July 27, 2022 Offshore wind power is either moving far too quickly or can’t arrive soon enough, depending on which of the commenters was speaking at a lengthy hearing for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Read More »
Offshore Wind Presentation To Be Held In Lacey
Offshore Wind Presentation To Be Held In Lacey / The Patch.com / July 7, 2022 By Veronica Flesher, Patch Staff LACEY, NJ — Interested in learning more about offshore wind? New Jersey Resource Project, a community non-profit organization, is hosting a presentation to educate residents about offshore wind in Lacey on July 13. The presentation Read More »
Gathering Promotes Responsible Offshore Wind Development
Gathering Promotes Responsible Offshore Wind Development / The SandPaper / 5/26/22 May 26, 2022 By Gina G. Scala Ahead of the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, which is predicted to be above average this year, a networking event for proponents of responsible offshore wind development offered local residents and statewide activists the opportunity Read More »
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Scores New York Bight Lease Area
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Scores New York Bight Lease Area / The SandPaper / 3/2/22 By Gina G. Scala One of the six companies that successfully bid for a slice of the 488,000 acres of offshore wind energy leases in the New York Bight last month already has plans in place to construct the largest Read More »