NJRP, Maine People’s Resource Center Deep Canvass to Build Support for Offshore Wind / June 26, 2024 / People’s Action The New Jersey Resources Project, which has long fought to restore the Jersey Shore from the ravages of Hurricane Sandy, joined forces with the Maine People’s Resource Center, the Climate Advocacy Lab and People’s Action Read More »
Tag: Offshore Wind
Off-shore wind could still benefit Jersey Shore communities like Lacey | Opinion
Off-shore wind could still benefit Jersey Shore communities like Lacey / Asbury Park Press / June 19, 2025 By Kataluna Buenvenida Two years ago, I was door-knocking in Lacey, talking about offshore wind development in our community. Around that time, Ørsted,had paused its original plan to build offshore wind turbines to provide energy to our Read More »
Nothing About us Without us: Community Conversations About Offshore Wind
When it comes to developing offshore wind energy, deep canvassing can transform local public opinion, strengthen civic engagement, and empower community organizations…given the right conditions. Maine People’s Resource Center, New Jersey Resource Project, the New Conversation Initiative, People’s Action Institute and the Climate Advocacy Lab developed this report coming out of two deep canvassing campaigns 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 »
A New Grid: How Do We Get There?
By Robert Freudenberg, Vice President of Energy and Environment for Regional Plan Association First constructed in the early 1900’s, the grid (a vast and long-established network of power plants, substations, transformers, and power lines known as the electric grid that power our communities) is continually being added to and improved to ensure reliability, reduce vulnerabilities, Read More »
Protect Our Ocean Neighbors
By Amber Hewitt, Program Director for the National Wildlife Foundation Offshore wind power is the nation’s largest, nearly untapped clean energy solution. It presents an opportunity to replace the carbon-polluting fossil fuels that are driving climate change, which threaten marine and coastal ecosystems. It is imperative that as we advance climate solutions, we do so Read More »