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 »
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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 »
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 »
NJ’s climate future: Storm flooding roundtable
NJ’s climate future: Storm flooding / NJ Spotlight / February 9, 2024 The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly disruptive throughout the world. Threats such as storm flooding, increasing land and marine heat, sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, drought and wildfires are being experienced with greater frequency and intensity — affecting populations, property and Read More »
Both Sides of Offshore Wind Claim Victory
Both Sides of Offshore Wind Claim Victory / The Sandpaper / November 15, 2023 By Gina G. Scala If there’s a message proponents of wind farms planned off the coast of New Jersey want to make clear in the wake of Ørsted’s announcement that it was abandoning its two projects, it’s this: It isn’t over. Read More »
Documentary Film, Tuckerton Gathering Favor Ocean Wind Farms
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 »
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 »