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The sun sets behind spinning land-based wind turbines in Atlantic City, N.J., on Dec. 13, 2023. On April 24, 2024, eight Jersey Shore towns wrote to New Jersey utility regulators saying that a proposed wind farm off Long Beach Island will be costlier than expected. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Gusts of activity underway by friends, foes of offshore wind energy projects in NJ, NY

Shore towns spanning much of New Jersey's 127-mile coastline wrote to the state's Board of Public Utilities, saying the proposed Atlantic Shores wind...

BiodiversityNewsWind

Dead whale in New Jersey had a fractured skull among numerous injuries, experts find

The animal's cause of death is of intense interest to many amid an ongoing controversy involving a belief by opponents of offshore wind...

BiodiversityEnvironmentNewsWind

Dead whale on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island is first of the year, stranding group says

It drew renewed outcries from opponents of offshore wind, who believe that site preparation work for oceanic wind farms is harming or even...

BusinessElectricityNewsNuclear PowerRegulationsWind

New Jersey’s 3 nuclear power plants seek to extend licenses for another 20 years

New Jersey is making a strong push to become the East Coast leader in offshore wind, but the three nuclear power plants provide...

ClimateNewsPoliticsResiliencyWeather

Too much Atlantic in Atlantic City: Beach erosion has casinos desperately seeking sand by summer

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The ocean and beaches have always been a part of Atlantic City’s identity: from salt water taffy to...

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New Jersey waters down referendum on new fossil fuel power plant ban

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers wanted to ask voters whether to ban new fossil fuel-fired power plants. And then they added...

ClimateEnvironmentNews

New Jersey denies bulkhead for shore town with wrecked sand dunes

NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is refusing to allow a shore town whose sand dunes have washed away in places to...

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