Foundation Talk on Wind Farms Boosts Economic Benefits / The Sandpiper / 5/10/21 An hour-long online “Wind Power Talk” hosted by the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences on April 24 and moderated by Science Committee Chair Rick Bushnell was too short to answer all the questions by the 70-plus participants who Read More »
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Don’t make Sandy victims repay federal disaster funds: NJ lawmakers
Don’t make Sandy victims repay federal disaster funds: NJ lawmakers / Asbury Park Press / 5/3/21 New Jersey’s entire House delegation has signed a letter asking the federal government to grant financial relief to families and towns still recovering from 2012’s superstorm Sandy. The letter, written by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., asks leaders of Read More »
Wind opponents back Cape May County position
Wind opponents back Cape May County position / The Press of Atlantic County / 4/28/21 BILL BARLOW CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — They could not all go in to the meeting of the Cape May County Commissioners on Tuesday afternoon, but opponents of a planned offshore wind farm knew they were heard when the members Read More »
Peaceful Protesters Air Concerns Over Wind Farms
Peaceful Protesters Air Concerns Over Wind Farms / CNJ Daily / 4/27/21 By MADDY VITALE Jeff Reichle and his son, Wayne, didn’t hold up signs expressing their opposition to a proposed offshore wind farm during a peaceful protest Tuesday outside of the Cape May County Administration Building in Cape May Court House. But the two Read More »
Opinion: New Jersey, ignore the outsiders. We’ve got our own experts to help us thrive.
Opinion: New Jersey, ignore the outsiders. We’ve got our own experts to help us thrive. / NJ.com / 4/6/21 By Maria Lopez-Nunez, Melissa Miles and Amanda Devecka-Rinear No one can truly understand a disaster unless they have lived through it. We’re all living through COVID-19 now, but for many of us, this is only the Read More »
Pallone, Watson Coleman, Kim, Pascrell Secure One-Year Reprieve for Sandy Victims, Vow to Keep Fighting
Pallone, Watson Coleman, Kim, Pascrell Secure One-Year Reprieve for Sandy Victims, Vow to Keep Fighting / TapInto / 12/22/20 WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Bill Pascrell (NJ-09) today announced a one-year delay in recoupment efforts for debt owed to the federal government in relation Read More »
Protecting our communities from storms in the COVID-19 era
By Alison Arne When Hurricane Irene hit New Jersey in 2011, my family evacuated from Western Atlantic County. Because we lived inland, it came as a complete surprise when, in the middle of the night, first responders knocked on the door. They told us that we didn’t have to go, but at a certain point Read More »
Sandy funding ‘clawbacks’ deadline pushed back 1 year … for now
Sandy funding ‘clawbacks’ deadline pushed back 1 year … for now / NJ101.5 / 12/22/20 The U.S. government’s year-end spending bill includes relief for Sandy-impacted homeowners in New Jersey who remain on the hook to repay some of the federal disaster relief funds they were awarded in the aftermath of the October 2012 storm. The Read More »
On 7th Anniversary of Sandy Homeowners Deal with Clawbacks Rising Flood Insurance Rates
On 7th Anniversary of Sandy Homeowners Deal with Clawbacks Rising Flood Insurance Rates by Nanette Galloway – Downbeach VENTNOR – Seven years after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the Jersey shore, residents gathered at the home of survivor Fran Baronowitz in the Ventnor Heights section today to share stories about the aftermath of the storm. Although it was Read More »
Changing the Rules to Put Families First
By Shannon Duffy ACTION ALERT! Please sign our petition by clicking here. The battle is on again over the future of our National Flood Insurance Program. Does it put big insurance and banks first? Price families out of protection? Or does it put us and preparation first? On July 16th Senator Menendez (D-NJ) along with Read More »