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...
Climate Change
EAC 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...
Op-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...
EAC 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...
EAC 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,...
EAC Group with Other Rutgers Experts Provide Recommendations on Climate Change Resilience
Rutgers experts, including Jeanne Herb of the Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, provide sound science and evidence-based...
Sustainable Raritan Conference to focus on climate resilience
This year’s Sustainable Raritan River conference will be a joint effort with Rutgers Climate Institute, New Jersey Climate Change Alliance, and ...
Rutgers-Eagleton Poll indicates New Jerseyans are concerned about climate change but lack knowledge
Two-thirds of New Jerseyans are concerned about the impact that climate change will have on them, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll...
EAC Executive Director discusses climate change and health equity with Comcast Newsmakers
Jeanne Herb was interviewed by Jill Horner of Comcast News on April 18, 2019 about the lessons on health and climate change equity that Jeanne...
Coastal Community Resilience: an overview of strategies, tools and science
Coastal Community Resilience: an overview of strategies, tools and scienceCoastal Community Resilience: an overview of strategies, tools and science...
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Stakeholder and Subject Matter Expert Feedback Regarding the Content of a New Jersey Ocean Acidification Action Plan
This report summarizes stakeholder and subject matter expert feedback regarding the potential elements and content of a New Jersey Ocean Acidification (OA) Action Plan. Feedback was provided by twenty-eight individuals through a stakeholder engagement process which...
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