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Understanding Infrastructure Susceptibility to Storm and Climate-Related Hazards and Effective Investments

Historical Timelines of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Policy in New Jersey: 2026 Update

Current and Future Coastal Flood Inundation of Roadways in New Jersey

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Climate Action

Flood damaged in Lambertville after Tropical Storm Ida

Climate Change Issues Force Areas to Consider if People Shouldn’t Live There Anymore

November 11, 2023

REBECCA HERSHER / NPR

New Jersey Meadowlands looking northeast over Hackensack River to Hudson County and Manhattan

$52B Plan to Reduce Meadowlands and NYC Flooding Addresses Just Storm Surge, Critics Say

November 11, 2023

SAMMY GIBBONS / NORTHJERSEY.COM

Damage from Tropical Storm Ida in Lambertville, NJ

Three Cities Face a Climate Dilemma: To Build or Not to Build Homes in Risky Places

November 6, 2023

LAUREN SOMMER and REBECCA HERSHER / NPR

Hoboken, NYC skyline in background

Hoboken Is Building for a Very Rainy Day

November 3, 2023

MICHAEL KIMMELMAN / NEW YORK TIMES

Rusted barrels containing hazardous waste

Rutgers University to Receive Almost $800K to Help Small Businesses Across NJ Reduce Hazardous Waste

October 13, 2023

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Institute of Food Nutrition and Health at Rutgers University

Rutgers Launches Climate and Energy Institute With Wide-Reaching Goals

October 7, 2023

KITTA MACPHERSON / RUTGERS TODAY

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Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast, leaves over 130,000 without power as high tides threaten coast

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Inside the $1.4B taxpayer-backed buyout to kill N.J. offshore wind projects

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NJ coast faces rising seas as scientists track signs of a changing climate

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