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Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations- as well as the UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean- Peter Thomson will be kicking off “Ship ZERO0 – Charging to True Zero” on 1 November with a keynote address on the impact of shipping on ocean sustainability. In his role at the UN, Ambassador ...
South Jersey residents asked to fill out survey on ocean wind energy Published by July 21, 2021 Orsted’s proposed wind farm 15 miles off the New Jersey coast is drawing objections from Ocean City Council. (Image courtesy City of Ocean City) Clean Ocean Action, a non-profit dedicated to improving ocean water quality and protecting the marine habitat, is seeking information from citizens about their knowledge of and thoughts about a proposed offshore wind energy development project off the coast of New Jersey and New York. There are currently nine lease areas with projects in various stages ...
Governors' Wind Energy Coalition They’re not blown away by NJ’s offshore wind power plans Source: By WAYNE PARR, Associated Press • Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2021 Not everyone is blown away by New Jersey’s rapidly growing offshore wind energy industry Suzanne Hornick, left, and Susan Cox, right, look out to sea from a beach in Ocean City N.J. on July 8, 2021 where power cables from an offshore wind farm are projected to come ashore. They are among opponents of offshore wind who question its impact on the ocean, the environment and the economy. (AP Photo/Wayne Par...
They're not blown away by NJ's offshore wind power plans By WAYNE PARRY article People walk along the beach a day before the start of Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer, in the shore community of Wildwood on May 28, 2021 in Wildwood, New Jersey. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Expand OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey is moving aggressively to become the leader in the fast-growing offshore wind energy industry on the East Coast, but not everyone is blown away by those ambitious plans. While the state's Democratic political leadership is solidly behind a rapid build-o...
WTO seeks to land big prize after 20 years of fish talks FILE PHOTO: A vendor selling seafood prepares fish as she serves her customers, at a traditional market in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo July 14, 2021 By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Negotiators are hoping the World Trade Organization will on Thursday not only deal a major blow to overfishing after 20 years of trying, but in doing so also dispel doubts about its own usefulness. The global trade watchdog, whose 164 members are also at loggerheads over how it should settle disputes, has not c...