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High rise housing complexes line the oceanfront in Long Branch,N.J. on July 19, 2024. A public-private group formed after Superstorm Sandy recommends a surcharge on property insurance, fees on the oil and gas industries, and a public voter referendum as ways to raise money for resiliency projects to protect against future big storms. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Superstorm Sandy group eyes ballots, insurance surcharges and oil fees to fund resiliency projects

Climate resiliency funding should come from insurance, oil fees, and voter approval, recommends new Rebuild By Design report.

By Wayne Parry19 Jul 2024The Associated Press
FILE - Sections of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Authority plant are seen in Newark, N.J. A proposed backup power plant for the facility is drawing strenuous opposition from residents who say their neighborhood is already overburdened with polluting facilities, including two other power plants. On July 18, 2024, New Jersey environmental officials allowed the project to be built, subject to conditions they say will reduce overall pollution coming from it. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
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NJ environmental justice law won’t block power plant hotly fought by Newark residents

The backup power plant for a sewage facility, balancing pollution control and environmental justice; it mandates solar panels and battery storage.

By Wayne Parry18 Jul 2024The Associated Press
FILE - Turbines operate at the Block Island Wind Farm, Dec. 7, 2023, off the coast of Block Island, R.I. The Massachusetts Senate debated a bill Tuesday, June 25, 2024 aimed at expanding the adoption of renewable energy in a bid to to help Massachusetts get one step closer to meeting its aggressive climate goals, including reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
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Navigating turbulence: Evaluating US Northeast offshore wind’s recent developments

From NY's new wind project to NJ's environmental research and MA's turbine mishap, Northeast's offshore wind sector faces mixed fortunes.

By Wayne Parry17 Jul 2024The Associated Press
Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City, N.J., on April 28, 2022. On July 11, 2024, Community Offshore Wind identified itself as the third company to submit plans for an offshore wind farm in New Jersey by the previous day's deadline. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Previous bidder tries again with new offshore wind proposal in New Jersey

Community Offshore Wind has submitted the bid to build a wind farm that would generate 1.3 gigawatts of electricity, enough to power 500,000...

By Wayne Parry11 Jul 2024The Associated Press
A boat passes by on the ocean off Sea Girt, N.J. on July 2, 2024, the day that the U.S. Interior department approved the Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm project. A power cable from the wind farm is projected to come ashore in Sea Girt and one other location yet to be determined. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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US gives key approval to Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey

State-first offshore wind farm for New Jersey moves a step closer.

By Wayne Parry2 Jul 2024The Associated Press
Antonio Espinoza, a supervisor with the Gras Lawn landscaping company, uses a gasoline-powered leaf blower to clean up around a housing development in Brick, N.J. on June 18, 2024. New Jersey is one of many states either considering or already having banned gasoline-powered leaf blowers on environmental and health grounds, but the landscaping industry says the battery-powered devices favored by environmentalists and some governments are costlier and less effective than the ones they currently use. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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U.S. bans on gasoline-powered leaf blowers grow, as does blowback from landscaping industry

Restrictions on gas-powered leaf blowers face blowback from the landscaping industry and some property owners, who say that the battery-powered blowers favored by...

By Wayne Parry20 Jun 2024The Associated Press
Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City. N.J., on Nov. 3, 2023. On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, New Jersey utility regulators opened a fourth round of solicitations for new offshore wind farm proposals to join the three that already have preliminary approval. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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New Jersey and wind farm developer Orsted settle claims for $125M over scrapped offshore projects

New Jersey said the $125 million it will receive in settlement over Orsted's cancellation of two offshore wind farms last year will be...

By Wayne Parry28 May 2024The Associated Press
Clammers dig in the mud on the shore of the Raritan Bay in Aberdeen, N.J., on Monday, May 6, 2024, the same day environmentalists hailed the cancellation of a natural gas pipeline project that would have run through the bay en route to New York City. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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One natural gas transport plan killed in New Jersey as another forges ahead

Environmentalists who had fought both projects reacted Monday to the mixed bag they were handed on Friday when the two proposals took differing...

By Wayne Parry6 May 2024The Associated Press
Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City. N.J., on Nov. 3, 2023. On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, New Jersey utility regulators opened a fourth round of solicitations for new offshore wind farm proposals to join the three that already have preliminary approval. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Three groups are suing New Jersey to block an offshore wind farm

New Jersey wind power plans under threat after environmental approval questioned by lawsuit.

By Wayne Parry3 May 2024The Associated Press
Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City. N.J., on Nov. 3, 2023. On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, New Jersey utility regulators opened a fourth round of solicitations for new offshore wind farm proposals to join the three that already have preliminary approval. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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New Jersey seeks fourth round of offshore wind power proposals as foes push back

New Jersey is seeking a new round of proposals to build wind energy farms off its coastline, forging ahead with its clean energy...

By Wayne Parry30 Apr 2024The Associated Press

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