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Sandy’s Punch Proves Truth Will Out
Sometimes it’s really difficult to accept that we’re still evolving. In the far distant past, our ancient ancestors could look about them and observe the planets and the stars and the tides. They would...
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Rebuilding for Climate Resilience in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy
It’s been three months since Hurricane Sandy pounded the coasts of New Jersey and New York (among other places), changing forever our understanding of our vulnerability to coastal flooding. While...
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Rising Seas and Worsening Storms Require Rethinking Flood and Wind Insurance
In a world with rising seas and worsening storms, we’ve got to get smarter about how and where we build along our coasts. A new UCS report released today points out that our government-backed flood and...
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How Much Did Sea Levels Rise Over the Past 50 Years? A Lot If You Live on the...
Sea levels are rising so fast along the U.S. East and Gulf coasts that some places have seen a greater increase in the last 50 years than the global average over the past 130 years. (Examples include...
View Article5 Reasons New Jersey Should Rejoin RGGI
Today the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is holding a public hearing on regulations to formally withdraw the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a market-based...
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New Jersey’s State of the State: What Gov. Christie Really Said about Climate...
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, in his State of the State speech last night, said very little about energy and nothing about climate change. But it’s easy to see climate and energy all over his...
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A Great Day for Offshore Wind: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey All Go...
Photo: Derrick Z. JacksonOffshore wind power is a powerful, plentiful resource, but that doesn’t mean that it’s been a slam dunk in terms of getting it into the US electricity mix. Movement forward on...
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The Fate of My Grandmother’s Home: Facing Sea Level Rise in New Jersey
My family has owned this home on the Jersey Shore for four generations. Photo: Amanda Devecka-Rinear I live in my Grandmother’s house. We are lucky. My family has owned this home on the Jersey Shore...
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Polluted Air in the Garden State: NJ Needs to Clean Up Its Diesel Trucks
Transitioning New Jersey’s diesel trucks to zero tailpipe emission vehicles is a crucial step in making the air safer to breathe in communities across the state, slowing the frightening effects of...
View ArticleNew Jersey, Come Back! An Open Letter to Governor Christie on RGGI
Dear Governor Christie: I read today that you plan on formally pulling your state out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nine state “cap and trade” program that cuts carbon dioxide...
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Protecting New Jersey From Sea Level Rise: The Future of the Meadowlands
A case study part of the report When Rising Seas Hit Home. Looking out over the vast marshy wetlands that stood between them and the Manhattan skyline shimmering in the background, Hugh Carola and...
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Sea Level Rise Threatens Cape May, New Jersey, and Its Vulnerable Visitors
A case study part of the report When Rising Seas Hit Home. On a sunny spring day, David La Puma, the director of the Cape May Bird Observatory, escorted 20 birders to a phenomenal site in the world of...
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Raising the Bar on Offshore Wind: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New...
Not that this is a bad thing, but it’s tough keeping up with US’s offshore wind progress. The latest announcements from states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic mean even more momentum, as they keep...
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