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NJ - Let us continue blocking beach access on Sundays, Ocean Grove group asks judge

A Jersey Shore landowners association is asking a state judge to intervene and allow it to continue restricting beach access in Ocean Grove on Sunday mornings in a summer tradition tied to the community’s Christian roots.

Northeast
Recreation

NJ - Religious group that blocks beach access on Sunday files lawsuit seeking ‘lawful accommodation’

Thou shalt not set foot on our sand! A Jersey Shore group that has been issued violations for banning people from the beach in Ocean Grove on Sunday mornings is suing to maintain the restriction, according to a report.

Northeast
Advocacy

NY - Editorial: No Time for Celebration

Amid celebratory statements in East Hampton Town Hall about a plan to put sand on the downtown Montauk beach, a stark reality remained: Nothing other than talk has been done to actually address coastal retreat.

Northeast
Engineering

NJ - Beach Replenishment Project on Pause for Review of Bids

The federal agency that will oversee a major beach replenishment project this fall or winter for Ocean City, Sea Isle City and Strathmere is considering its options after bids for the contract came in significantly higher than the government’s estimate.

Northeast
Science

RI - Ocean State On the Hook: Warming Coastal Waters Will Impact Fisheries, Tourism

Since Rhode Island calls itself the Ocean State and hypes its beaches, it stands to reason its elected officials, business owners, residents, and visitors are concerned about the health of the planet’s marine waters, especially those that lap the local coastline and play host to squid and quahogs.

Northeast
Local

NJ - Emergency bulkhead being installed in North Wildwood due to severe beach erosion

NORTH WILDWOOD, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Pieces of steel are going into the ground at 15th Avenue in North Wildwood, creating a wall around the building that houses the beach patrol.

Northeast
Property

RI - Second Lawsuit Challenges New Shoreline Access Law

WAKEFIELD, R.I. — Just one week after a federal judge tossed out the first legal challenge to the state’s shoreline access law, a new lawsuit has been filed in Washington County Superior Court.

Northeast
Local

MA - Pushback growing to strict shorebird protections

Supporters of public beach access on Norton Point urge the state to rescind the 150-foot buffer zone.

Northeast
Science

ME - UMaine researcher who helped reshape marine science in Maine retires

ORONO — When Bob Steneck came to the University of Maine in 1982, there were few marine ecologists in the state, and none interacted with fishermen.

Northeast
Energy

CT - Avangrid cancels CT offshore energy project, wants to rebid, as industry hit by adverse economic head winds

Electric utility Avangrid is pulling out of what was to have been Connecticut’s biggest offshore wind project, Park City Wind, saying inflation and other adverse economic factors that have hit the offshore wind industry made the project “unfinanceable.”

Northeast
Energy

USA - There’s no evidence that windmills are responsible for killing whales

Former President Donald Trump recently claimed that “windmills are causing whales to die” in record numbers, but there’s no scientific evidence to support that.

Northeast
Local

NJ - Jenkinson's Beach reopens access points to the public News

Jenkinson's Beach reopened access points to the public on Saturday. Point Pleasant Mayor Paul Kanitra made the announcement on his Facebook page.

Northeast
Recreation

NJ - State Orders Jenkinson's To Reopen Beaches In Point Pleasant Beach

The state Department of Environmental Protection says the closures are a violation of state laws governing coastal use permits.

Northeast
Fisheries

MA - NOAA could designate cod habitat around Cox Ledge, wind power sites

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is considering whether to outline a “habitat area of particular concern’ in and around offshore wind lease areas off southern New England.

Northeast
Property

ME - Moody Beach access: Group urges Wells ME to join public access fight

WELLS, Maine — Members of a local group are asking the town to partner with them in ongoing efforts to increase public access to Moody Beach, particularly in the areas where seaside property owners restrict the uses by others of the intertidal zones.

Northeast
Engineering

NY - Staten Island Living Breakwaters project wins international adaptation award

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island’s “Living Breakwaters” project received international acclaim this month as the winner of the 2023 Obel award, which recognizes outstanding architectural contributions in service of both people and the planet.

Northeast
Property

ME - Regulators want to limit coastal development to protect Maine’s sand dunes

State environmental regulators are seeking to further limit coastal development to protect sand dunes from rising sea levels. The new rule would require that planning be based on new dune maps created by the Maine Geological Survey.

Northeast
Property

DE - See aftermath of coastal flooding and damage in Delaware caused by Ophelia (with Ophelia news compilation)

People are drawn to watch the powerful waves make landfall in Rehoboth Beach as tropical storm Ophelia hits the Delaware coast early Saturday evening, Sept. 23, 2023.

Northeast
Property

RI - Homeowner Group's Effort to Block Shoreline Access Law Is Denied by Federal Court

U.S. District Court Judge William Smith ruled that the Rhode Island Association of Coastal Taxpayers (RIACT) “lacked the proper standing to sue” over the recently passed law that protects access to Rhode Island’s coast.

Northeast
Fisheries

MA - New England fishermen challenge constitutionality of US fishery management councils

The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) has sued the U.S government, alleging that the regional fisheries management councils used by NOAA Fisheries are unconstitutional.

Northeast
Property

NJ - Jersey Shore Beach Access Battle Has Precedent Dating Back 2,000 Years

The fight over public beach access vs. the rights of private property owners has been extensively litigated, and repeatedly upheld in NJ.

Northeast
Advocacy

SC - Wanted: Research project for disappearing island

It is Wednesday, and this morning I’m at the “Snow Hole,” just off the Taconic Crest Trail as it runs along the border of New York and Vermont.

Northeast
Science

MA - Can oceans store more CO2 to help with climate change?

Did you know that oceans capture a large amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, helping mitigate climate change? It’s true, and scientists are investigating whether oceans can store even more of the greenhouse gas than they already do.

Southeast
Federal

GA - Endangered right whale protection getting an $82 million boost

North Atlantic right whales, which calve off the Georgia coast, have fewer than 350 individuals remaining

Northeast
Recreation

NJ - DEP says Jenkinson's violated state laws by closing access to beach

Jenkinson's has been warned by the state to reopen access to the beach in Point Pleasant Beach after closing all entrance points last week.

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