Jeanne Herb, Executive Director for Bloustein’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group has been named Interim Administrative Director of a new multi-university coastal resilience hub. The Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub (MACH) is made possible by a grant through the National Science Foundation’s Coastlines and People (CoPe) Program.
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EAC’s work in C2R2 highlighted in Rutgers Magazine

Read about EAC’s participation in the Rutgers Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience Training Program in the current edition of Rutgers Magazine. Learn more here.
C2R2, Climate, coastal, Herb, Jersey Shore, Kaplan, Kopp, resilience, risk, Rutgers MagazineJeanne Herb discusses Rutgers Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience Initiative in short video
In this short video, Jeanne Herb, Executive Director of the EAC Group at Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, describes the Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience (C2R2) Initiative, which is an innovate and interdisciplinary certificate program that trains gradate students to better integrate all the elements of coastal systems and become fluent communicators, […]
C2R2, Climate, coastal, graduate students, Herb, videoJeanne Herb co-authors report on addressing ocean acidification impacts in New Jersey

EAC Group’s Jeanne Herb, in partnership with Grace Saba and Janine Barr, co-authored Opportunities to Address Ocean Acidification Impacts in New Jersey: An Outline of Options for the New Jersey Coastal Management program. The report was made possible with financial assistance through the NJDEP’s Coastal Management Program. Ocean acidification (OA) is the process by which […]
2020, Barr, Climate, coastal, Herb, ocean acidification, report, SabaCoastal Climate Resilience Studio Course: Integrating Climate Change Resilience into the New Jersey State Planning Commission Plan Endorsement Process
The client for this fall 2020 Bloustein resilience studio course is the state OPA and the studio focus is on supporting OPA’s effort to incorporate resilience into the Plan Endorsement process pursuant to Executive Order 89. The studio will accomplish this objective by working with two towns in Monmouth County undergoing Plan Endorsement by supporting […]
Atlantic Highlands, Climate, Executive Order 89, Keansburg, studioMatt Campo co-authors report on monitoring and mitigation policies and practices for off-shore wind installations
EAC’s Matt Campo co-authored a report on Ecological Monitoring and Mitigation Policies and Practices at Offshore Wind Installations in the United States and Europe. Matt and co-author Michael Allen prepared the report for the New Jersey Climate Change Alliance with support from the Energy Foundation. Offshore wind energy is poised to expand dramatically along the […]
2020, Campo, monitoring, NJCCRC, offshore wind, policies, publication, reportEAC Group’s Jeanne Herb featured in The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Coastal Habitat Learning Series

Jeanne Herb of the Bloustein School’s EAC Group will be a speaker on the upcoming Pew Charitable Trusts’ Coastal Habitat Learning Series. Ms. Herb will be joined by Lisa Auermueller of the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve to present their work on the state’s “A Seat at the Table” initiative to develop guidance, […]
Auermueller, environmental justice, Herb, Pew, Seat at the Table, social justiceOp-Ed: COVID-19, Racial Injustice and Climate Change Require a Bold Approach, Not Incrementalism

With a nation rattled by a public health emergency, a deep recession that has left thousands jobless, and growing signs of climate change, it may be time for bold new ideas to address those crises. Read this NJSpotlight opinion piece co-authored by EAC Executive Director Jeanne Herb that summarizes discussions at a recent virtual convening. https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/07/op-ed-covid-19-racial-injustice-and-climate-change-require-a-bold-approach-not-incrementalism/
Climate, COVID, Herb, NJCAA, racial injusticeA Seat at the Table: Integrating the Needs and Challenges of Underrepresented and Socially Vulnerable Populations into Coastal Hazards Planning in New Jersey
As documented in this report, through a NOAA national Project of Special Merit, researchers from Rutgers University have developed decision-support tools, resilience planning guidance, and training and policy options to advance efforts to address the needs of socially vulnerable populations as part of coastal climate resilience planning. Click here to access the report Herb, J. […]
2020, Auermuller, coastal hazards, Herb, NJDEP, planning, socially vulnerableA Seat at the Table: Integrating the needs and challenges of underrepresented and socially vulnerable populations into coastal hazards planning in New Jersey

Herb, Jeanne, Lowrie, Karen, Auermuller, Lisa Findley, Patricia. (2019). A seat at the table: Integrating the needs and challenges of underrepresented and socially vulnerable populations into coastal hazards planning in New Jersey. Submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Climate Resilience. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ. […]
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