Tag: Clean Ocean Action

Reacting to concerns that New Jerseyans have not been given enough time to review and comment on federal plans for offshore wind projects off the New York/ New Jersey shoreline, the nonprofit environmental group Clean Ocean Action held a public forum in Long Branch Feb. 20 to provide citizens with an opportunity to review and comment on the federal proposal.

Coagulated balls of oil and tar washed up on Monmouth Beach and some Long Branch beaches this week, leaving residents and environmentalists concerned. Officials do not yet know the source of the spillage.

School may not have started yet but you can get your kids back into the swing of learning.

Three dolphins died in the shallow waters of the bay off Gateway National Recreational Area Feb. 18, as citizens and activists continue to grapple with the recent surge in whale deaths along the New Jersey and New York coastline.

The body of an infant whale that washed up on the Keansburg beachfront in December was part of an unprecedented cluster of whale deaths along the New York and New Jersey shores over the last 40 days.

Riverside Gardens Park will, for the first time, be the setting for the Clearwater Festival, a two-day celebration of music, environment information and sailboat rides.

An April agreement between the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and Orsted Offshore North America has cleared a path for Ocean Wind 1, the Garden State’s inaugural offshore wind development, a boon to Gov. Phil Murphy’s vision of achieving 100 percent clean energy for the state by 2050.

SANDY HOOK – Acting on a shared vision of stewardship for Earth, members of two local church congregations will be among the volunteers clearing litter from local beaches April 9, during Clean Ocean Action’s (COA) statewide 2022 Spring Beach Sweeps.

BELFORD – Federal and state officials are celebrating the success of an auction held online last week for the rights to close to half a million acres of ocean waters off the coast of New Jersey and New York slated for development of wind turbine sites.

RED BANK – Whether it’s 18 or 80 degrees outside, Red Bank resident Scott Thompson gets up, checks the weather and, if conditions allow, heads to the water.