Tag Archives: Clean Ocean Action (COA)

N.J. GOP seeks wind projects halt to see if whales benefit

May 5, 2023   Featured, Mid Atlantic, National, New England

Four state senators hosted a online hearing about offshore wind energy generation and whale deaths, three weeks after the most recent East Coast whale death was reported and despite the assurances of most scientists and conservationists that there is no correlation. The two-hour hearing came a week after Democrats, who control the Legislature and the governorship, held a similar hearing and many of New Jersey’s major environmental groups said the greatest danger to whales is climate change, not offshore wind generation. “I’ve been labeled a climate change denier and a tin-foil hat wearer,” said Jim Hutchinson, managing editor of The Fisherman,,, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., who represents part of the Jersey Shore and who led last week’s Democratic-led forum, said pausing offshore wind projects wouldn’t prevent whale deaths. >click to read< 08:05

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Watchdog groups fear seismic testing ‘assault’

April 22, 2014   Mid Atlantic, Offshore Wind/Industrialization

MIDDLETOWN — Dozens of area advocacy groups and officials are seeking to delay a seismic testing program they say could have drastic impacts along the Jersey Shore. “Every day, 24/7, for 30 days in a very concentrated area off the Jersey Shore. … It’s pretty clear there is going to be harm.” gmnews.com  Read more here  11:38

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Activists: Liberty Natural Gas LNG port will lead to fracking

July 18, 2013   National

untitledjimJim Lovegren, representing a number of commercial fishing operations from Point Pleasant to Middletown, said his industry contributes nearly $1 billion a year to the New Jersey economy, and the proposed site of Port Ambrose threatens some established fishing grounds. “Let’s talk about my job,” he said, “I’ve been doing it for 40 years. My father and his father and his father — my family goes back 80 years as fishermen off of this coast. These are jobs that matter.” “I have fished where the new proposal is,” he added. “You’re in our fishing grounds.” continued@sentinal

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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Public Listening Session: Clean Ocean Zone Initiative

October 3, 2012   Mid Atlantic

October 2, 2012 — The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting will be held Tuesday, October 16 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm,

 and will be held at the Ocean Place, One Ocean Boulevard, Long Branch, NJ 07740.

 Based on the input received during the Council’s Visioning Project, ocean pollution is one of the most widely shared concerns among all stakeholder groups.
At this month’s Council meeting, the nonprofit organization Clean Ocean Action (COA) will give an overview of their long-term efforts to stop pollution and
their current campaign to permanently protect the waters of the New Jersey/New York Bight. After the presentation,
COA and Council leadership will be available to answer questions from the public. You can attend in person or via the internet.  For online webinar access register here.
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