News & Events
New Jersey’s “property tax problem” and high number of municipalities: a video presentation with Q&A
Marc Pfeiffer of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center gave a presentation on New Jersey's “property tax problem” and the number of municipalities in New Jersey to the NJ State Society of Certified Public AccountantsState Taxation Interest Group in July 2018.
Infrastructure Networks & Energy Events
View a list of historic events from 2004-2018. June 26, 2018 Viability of offshore wind energy touted at NJBIZ panel | NJBIZ New Jersey could benefit from harnessing offshore wind, and its educated workforce offers a competitive advantage in promoting energy development projects in the state. April 18, 2018 Forum on the Path to 2050: New Jersey’s Clean...
EAC’s Dr. Whytlaw developed/teaches GIS Applications in Marine Science and Policy class to Monmouth University students
EAC's Dr. Whytlaw has developed and teaches a GIS Applications in Marine Science and Policy class to Monmouth University students. The course has students gather and analyze spatial data to critically examine uses of the ocean in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States, including working through NOAA's Ocean Economics Methodology to examine coastal...
EAC Produces TNJ Resilient Webinar Series
EAC created and presented a three-part webinar series on resiliency planning co-sponsored by the Together North Jersey (TNJ) Resilience Task Force and the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA). Webinar 1: “Climate Change and Wetland Restoration” Rutgers University’s current projections estimate a 1.4-foot rise in water by 2050, leaving...
10th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference
Micro to Macro The Future of the Raritan Friday, June 8, 2018 Kathleen G. Ludwig Global Village Learning Center, Rutgers Douglass Campus, New Brunswick, NJ 10th Annual Sustainable Raritan Conference and Awards Ceremony Our 2018 conference explored emerging contaminants affecting the Raritan and renewed watershed planning efforts that will address new and...
EAC Karen Lowrie co-facilitates PHCI workshop in southern NJ
Karen Lowrie co-facilitated a workshop on May 9 at the Rutgers Atlantic Cape campus with Leigh Ann Von Hagen as part of the Planning Health Communities Initiative. Health Department members from four Southern New Jersey counties learned about Health Impact Assessment and Health in All Policies, in preparation for selecting projects in their counties that...
Micro to Macro: The Future of the Raritan Conference and Awards Ceremony – 10th Annual Conference and Awards Ceremony
Micro to Macro The Future of the Raritan Friday, June 8, 2018 Kathleen W. Ludwig Global Village Learning Center, Douglass Honors College, New Brunswick, NJ 10th Annual Sustainable Raritan Conference and Awards Ceremony Our 2018 conference explored emerging contaminants affecting the Raritan and renewed watershed planning efforts that will address...
Rutgers and Baykeeper Study Microplastic Pollution in the Raritan River
Microplastic is small – the size of a grain of sand or smaller. This emerging pollution is now found all over the world, including the Raritan River. The plastic comes from clothing fibers, packing materials like Styrofoam, and abrasive personal care products like exfoliates. Scientists estimate that total daily microplastic release into aquatic...
New fiscal internal controls for new technology threats: a short video
Join EAC at the annual Regional Plan Association Assembly
Join EAC's Jeanne Herb at the Regional Plan Association annual Assembly. Jeanne will be participating in a panel titled, "Expanding the Region's Carbon Market." For more information or to register, go to: http://assembly.rpa.org/.
Recent Products
The New Jersey Draft Energy Master Plan: Opportunities to Integrate Health and Health Equity
Economic, environmental and societal forces contribute substantially to our health – as much as, studies show, or more than genetics, individual behavior and access to healthcare. Examples of these Social Determinants of Health include quality of housing and schools,...
Rutgers researchers examine opportunities for state climate policies to advance equity
On September 5th, 2019, experts at Rutgers University released Field Notes: Equity and State Climate Policy, an independent study based on more than 70 interviews with state officials, stakeholders and advocates. Led by Jeanne Herb and Marjorie Kaplan of Rutgers, this...
Delaware River Watershed Initiative Restoration and Land Protection Practice Diffusion Survey
Malone, Sara, Karen Lowrie, Jeanne Herb and Michael Greenberg. 2019. Delaware River Watershed Initiative Restoration and Land Protection Practice Diffusion Survey. Prepared for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The Environmental Analysis&...
Intersection of Race, Income and Environmental Factors in New Jersey: A Screening Analysis
Whytlaw, Jennifer, J. Herb, and M. Greenberg. July 2019. Intersection of Race, Income and Environmental Factors in New Jersey: A Screening Analysis, Environmental Analysis & Communications Group, Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public...