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Rising temperatures and poor air quality signal future impacts
KITTA MacPHERSON / RUTGERS TODAY
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Climate change and Garden State agriculture
MARJORIE B. KAPLAN, MARK ROBSON, and JAMES SHOPE / ANJEC REPORT
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New Jersey leaders draft plan to help residents cope with rising temperatures
BRANDON GOLDNER and ALAN WHEELER / CBS PHILADELPHIA
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Scientists know rising seas will one day swallow this Jersey Shore climate research center
FRANK KUMMER / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
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New Jersey is one of America’s fastest-warming states, data shows
HILARY HOWARD / NEW YORK TIMES
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NJ, D.C. Lawmakers Press for Solutions for Flood-Prone Parts of North Jersey
KATIE SOBKO / NORTHJERSEY.COM
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Hoboken Creates New Department to Address ‘Urgent Challenges of Climate Change’
MATT McCANN / TAPINTOHOBOKEN
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New Jersey prepares new coastal development rules
RY RIVARD / POLITICO
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NJ reaches major solar power benchmark
BRIANA VANNOZZI / NJ SPOTLIGHT
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DEP chief reflects on NJ’s clean-energy transition
BRIANA VANNOZZI / NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS
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Rising temperatures and poor air quality signal future impacts
KITTA MacPHERSON / RUTGERS TODAY
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U.S. gives key approval to Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey
WAYNE PARRY / AP / WHYY
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Offshore wind project clears key federal hurdle
MICHAEL SOL WARREN / NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS
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QUOTED
“I’ve been a state climatologist for 33 years and I’ve never seen a statistic like this.”
David Robinson, NJ State Climatologist, commenting on data showing that “80% of New Jersey’s warmest months have occurred since 1990. And there has not been a top-five coldest month in New Jersey since 1989.”
![Rutgers Marine Field Station](https://njclimateresourcecenter.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rutgers-Marine-Field-Station.jpg)
Scientists know rising seas will one day swallow this Jersey Shore climate research center
FRANK KUMMER / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
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“Ghost forests” serve as haunting reminder of climate change. Here’s New Jersey’s action plan.
BRANDON GOLDNER / CBS NEWS
![Farm field and wetlands](https://njclimateresourcecenter.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Farm-field-and-wetlands.jpg)
Climate change and Garden State agriculture
MARJORIE B. KAPLAN, MARK ROBSON, and JAMES SHOPE / ANJEC REPORT
![Construction worker sweating in heat](https://njclimateresourcecenter.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Construction-worker-sweating-in-heat.jpg)
New Jersey leaders draft plan to help residents cope with rising temperatures
BRANDON GOLDNER and ALAN WHEELER / CBS PHILADELPHIA