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Atlantic City got a green light Friday to proceed with a project to reduce the width of its main street from four lanes to two, despite fears from casinos and a hospital that the plan could tie the city into gridlocked knots, scare away gamblers and delay emergency vehicles. Superior Court Judge Michael Blee rejected arguments from five casinos and a hospital that the half-finished project to narrow Atlantic Avenue in the name of pedestrian safety could cause irreparable harm if allowed to be c...

A judge has given a green light to a controversial plan to reduce the width of Atlantic City's main street from four lanes to two

In the age-old battle of man versus nature, nature usually wins. It sure seems to be winning in North Wildwood, a Jersey Shore town grappling with severe erosion that has wiped out part of the dunes protecting $2.5 billion worth of private property. The city wants emergency approval from the state to build a bulkhead to close the gap, even as it sues the state to recover the $30 million it says it has spent trucking in sand to widen eroded beaches. The state has fined North Wildwood $12 million ...

New Jersey utility regulators have given preliminary approval to two new wind farms off the state's coast. And both would be considerably farther offshore than...

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Two federal agencies are looking to better protect endangered whales amid a surge in offshore wind farm development.

Two federal agencies are looking to better protect endangered whales amid a surge in offshore wind farm development.

Two federal environmental agencies issued plans Thursday to better protect endangered whales amid offshore wind farm development. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released final plans to protect endangered North American right whales, of which there are only about 360 left in the world. The agencies said they are trying to find ways to better protect the whales amid a surge of offshore wind farm projects, particularly on the U.S...

Two federal agencies are looking to better protect endangered whales amid a surge in offshore wind farm development.

The projects replace the two wind farm proposals scrapped last fall by Danish developer Orsted.