The effects of a changing climate are currently and will continue to be a national security issue, impacting military installations, operational plans, and overall missions. Recognizing these threats, the New Jersey Department of Military Affairs and Veteran Affairs (NJDMAVA) engaged Rutgers University (Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Edward J. Bloustein School of […]
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Rutgers’ Bloustein School to manage DDS IHC Grant Program

The New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Disability Services (DDS) has engaged the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy to manage the first round of the Division’s new Inclusive Healthy Communities (IHC) Grant Program. Visit the DDS grants website. Read the DHS IHC Grant Announcement Press Release. Learn more about […]
2020, Alexander, DDS, DHS, grant, Herb, IHC, inclusive healthy communities, MaloneMatt 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 justiceNew Risk Analysis virtual issue on Environmental Justice

This virtual issue provides a compendium of papers from the 1980’s through the present that examine some of the risks and disadvantages that people and communities experience as a result of environmental injustices. Environmental injustice is one form of social injustice that refers to the disproportionate exposure of some individuals and groups to environmental hazards […]
2020, Burger, COVID, environmental justice, Greenberg, Lowrie, Risk Analysis, social injusticeOp-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 vulnerableEAC releases report with colleagues at Rutgers on engagement of socially vulnerable populations in climate resilience planning

EAC staff are collaborating with others at Rutgers and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to develop data, guidance and policy recommendations for integrating the needs of underrepresented and socially vulnerable populations into coastal climate change resilience planning. Supported as a Project of Special Merit by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the […]
Auermuller, Findley, Herb, Lowrie, NJDEP, NOAA, policy recommendations, PSM, socially vulnerable populationsEAC Director Jeanne Herb joins in the Univ. of Pennsylvania Wharton School’s Digital Dialogue about improving disaster recovery of low income households
Join EAC Director Jeanne Herb in a Digital Dialogue about improving disaster recovery of low income households through The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Risk Management and Decision Making Process Center. Ms. Herb joined over a dozen others to address the questions: “How can federal disaster aid programs be improved to assist low income households?” […]
Herb, low income, risk, UPenn, WhartonEAC director Jeanne Herb to participate in new project designed to develop an interactive shellfish aquaculture siting tool for New Jersey

Jeanne Herb, Executive Director of the Bloustein School’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, will be working with Rutgers scientists David Bushek and Michale DeLuca, among others, to develop a GIS based tool for spacial planning and management of shellfish aquaculture in New Jersey. The project was one of 42 projects awarded funding by NOAA Sea […]
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