News
N.J. environment's defenders uneasy; List of threats keeps growing
The industrialization of the ocean, coastal overdevelopment, contaminated sites and global warming will be among the top environmental issues in the Garden State next year, observers said.
"What we're seeing is a gold rush toward energy development in the ocean," said Tim Dillingham, executive director of the American Littoral Society, a Sandy Hook-based coastal conservation coalition.
"We gotta take better care of the coast," he said.
December 29, 2008
by Todd B. Bates
in Asbury Park Press.
The industrialization of the ocean, coastal overdevelopment, contaminated sites and global warming will be among the top environmental issues in the Garden State next year, observers said.
"What we're seeing is a gold rush toward energy development in the ocean," said Tim Dillingham, executive director of the American Littoral Society, a Sandy Hook-based coastal conservation coalition.
"We gotta take better care of the coast," he said.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission may decide next year whether to approve a 20-year license renewal for the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey. A coalition of six national, state and local groups has been... [continue via Web link]
| < prev | next > |
Note: this article may be subject to the Fair Use Notice.