How is New Jersey protecting its coastline from flooding?
MARY ALICE WILLIAMS / NJTV NEWS - When it comes to shoring up the state against forces of nature unleashed by climate change, Superstorm Sandy [go to article]
NJ could need 2,700 miles of sea walls to defend against rising waters
JON HURDLE / NJ SPOTLIGHT - New Jersey would have to pay almost $25 billion to build almost 2,700 miles of seawalls to protect its coastal communities from anticipated sea-level rise by 2040 [go to article]
Naturalists renew calls to halt horseshoe crab harvest in Delaware Bay
JON HURDLE / NJ SPOTLIGHT - Larry Niles has been working to protect migrating shorebirds on New Jersey’s Delaware Bay beaches for the last 23 years [go to article]
Testing shows these waves are sick, in totally the wrong way
WAYNE PARRY / WASHINGTON POST - Most surfers know it’s best to avoid surfing near pipes that dump storm water into the ocean soon after a storm [go to article]
N.J. just blocked a controversial pipeline in Raritan Bay
MICHAEL SOL WARREN / NJ.COM - Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration effectively blocked the progress of a controversial proposed natural gas pipeline late on Wednesday night [go to article]
Firm to reapply for permits to build PA-NJ-New York City gas pipeline
AP - An Oklahoma company says it will reapply to build a hotly contested pipeline that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania through New Jersey, and under a bay [go to article]
Gas pipeline: DEP decision due on $1B proposal
WAYNE PARRY / AP / APP.COM - A proposal for a nearly $1 billion pipeline that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania’s shale fields through New Jersey [go to article]
Warming waters spark marine migration, fish wars
ROB HOTAKAINEN / E&E NEWS - The warming waters associated with climate change are creating big ripple effects across fishing communities, including in this picturesque [go to article]
New York’s prized sea scallop faces off against offshore wind
CHRIS MARTIN and JENNIFER A. DLOUHY / BLOOMBERG - Developers pushing to install massive wind turbines in the waters off New York and New Jersey have run [go to article]
Nearly 300 clinging jellyfish found in Barnegat Bay
AMANDA OGLESBY / APP.COM - Nearly 300 clinging jellyfish — known for their tiny size and excruciating sting — were found by researchers in Barnegat Bay [go to article]
