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Associated Press
06-08-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
New Jersey's Save LBI Petitions Trump Administration to Rescind Permits and Cancel Leases for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Projects
LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J., Aug. 5, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Save Long Beach Island (Save LBI), a grass-roots organization with more than 10,000 supporters dedicated to sound energy policies and preserving our shore and ocean environment, has formally petitioned the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to cancel the leases for the Atlantic Shores South and North offshore wind projects and rescind existing permit approvals. Save LBI has long opposed both Atlantic Shores projects, which portend a number of devastating environmental, social, and economic consequences for New Jersey coastal communities. Project plans call for erecting 357 thousand-foot-tall wind turbines less than 9 miles off the coast of Atlantic City and Long Beach Island, closer to shore than any large offshore wind project in the world. To name but a few of the many adverse impacts, these projects would: FLAWED FROM THE START Save LBI has contended throughout the approval process and in subsequent litigation that the permits issued to the Atlantic Shores South (OCS-A 0499) and North (OCS-A 0549) projects are seriously flawed. The actual impacts of these projects were misrepresented, systematically underestimated, and not fully disclosed. 'The root cause of the many harmful impacts of the Atlantic Shores projects is their uniquely bad location,' explained Save LBI president and co-founder Bob Stern. 'Location is the most critical factor in the entire decision-making process, yet it received little attention many years ago when a DEP-led task force approved those sites without full and proper vetting or public input.' The record shows that many of the negative consequences Save LBI and others have been publicly denouncing for years were not even considered. 'Project modifications cannot cure the uniquely bad siting of these projects, which is why the Atlantic Shores South and North lease areas must be cancelled,' Stern concluded. The Save LBI petition also reminds DOI Secretary Douglas Burgum of the urgent need to: The Save LBI petition (available at ) reviews the official criteria for lease cancellation and illustrates how the criteria are met, and how 11 of the 12 legal requirements for such leases are not met. Finally, the petition summarizes more than two decades of incorrect assumptions, mistakes, and process failures in selecting and approving the lease areas. Save LBI believes that these lease areas should not have been approved in the first place, and that if that process is ever started again there is no rational way these leases would be deemed acceptable. About Save LBI Save LBI is a not-for profit, non-partisan organization that has been active in ongoing litigation and other efforts to protect the coastal and marine environment from the senseless industrialization of our oceans. The organization is led by Beach Haven, N.J. resident Bob Stern, a Ph.D. scientist with experience in environmental planning and environmental law. He is a former manager of the U.S. Department of Energy office responsible for overseeing environmental protection related to energy projects and the Bureau of Air Quality Planning within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). For more information on Save LBI and its efforts, please visit Contact: For more information click here: Link (Save LBI Lease Cancellation Petition): IMAGE LINKS FOR MEDIA: IMAGE 1: IMAGE CAPTION 1: Atlantic Shores South (blue/orange) and North (outline) lease areas off the coast of Atlantic City and Long Beach Island, NJ. Source: NOAA Fisheries. IMAGE 2: IMAGE CAPTION 2: Visual simulation of what the Atlantic Shores South project would look from Holgate on Long Beach Island, NJ. Source: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). NEWS SOURCE: Save Long Beach Island (Save LBI) Keywords: Environment and Ecology, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Projects, Environmental, Offshore Wind, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J. This press release was issued on behalf of the news source (Save Long Beach Island (Save LBI)) who is solely responsibile for its accuracy, by Send2Press® Newswire. Information is believed accurate but not guaranteed. Story ID: S2P128255 APNF0325A To view the original version, visit: © 2025 Send2Press® Newswire, a press release distribution service, Calif., USA. RIGHTS GRANTED FOR REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY ANY LEGITIMATE MEDIA OUTLET - SUCH AS NEWSPAPER, BROADCAST OR TRADE PERIODICAL. MAY NOT BE USED ON ANY NON-MEDIA WEBSITE PROMOTING PR OR MARKETING SERVICES OR CONTENT DEVELOPMENT. Disclaimer: This press release content was not created by nor issued by the Associated Press (AP). Content below is unrelated to this news story.
Yahoo
04-08-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Whale dies after hitting boat at Jersey Shore, knocking woman overboard
A whale that collided with a small boat and knocked a woman overboard at the Jersey Shore has died, officials said. The incident occurred around 3:40 p.m. Saturday in Barnegat Bay near Long Beach Island in Ocean County when the 20-foot minke whale hit the boat, knocking a woman into the water and nearly capsizing the vessel. Boat Captain Charlie Nunn told NBC 10 Philadelphia the whale likely got anxious and went into fight-or-flight mode, leading to 'a close call, a freak accident' in shallow water. 'They're not supposed to be in three feet of water,' Nunn said. 'They keep bumping into something, it's probably fight-or-flight for the poor thing.' He added that the woman who fell into the water was uninjured. Kim Mancini, who took videos of the incident, said the whale was trying to get to deeper water. 'It was really in distress,' she told 6ABC. 'That's when it would go under boats; it was a crazy experience.' Nearly an hour before the crash, the whale was reported to the New Jersey Marine Mammal Standing Center, Coast Guard and state agencies. It may have hit a pontoon boat after the initial crash. It was also spotted resting in a sandbar after swimming into the boat. The MMSC said the whale was dead when they arrived at the sandbar. The organization said it hoped to tow the whale away on Monday and perform a necropsy to determine the animal's cause of death. The MMSC advised boaters to stay at least 150 feet from the whale carcass. _____
Associated Press
03-06-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
"Wave 2: The Sequel": The Tsunami on LBI Was Just the Beginning
Medford, NJ June 03, 2025 --( )-- Plexus Publishing, Inc., the independent publisher whose Boardwalk Empire gave rise to an Emmy-winning HBO series and became a New York Times bestseller, announced the release of the sequel to Wil Mara's New Jersey Notable Book, " Wave.' One year after a tsunami rose like one of hell's own demons from the Atlantic Ocean and devastated most of Long Beach Island (LBI). In spite of the determination of all involved to return the island to its former glory, not much has happened. Insurance companies have ignored most of the claims. Property values have plummeted. Lawsuits are going nowhere, and many residents have decided the better choice is to sell for pennies on the dollar and move on. For the CMI Energy Corporation, this presented an irresistible opportunity—a long-awaited chance to build an infrastructure both on the island and out at sea so the corporation could get its hands on those rich deposits of gas and oil sitting at the bottom of the Atlantic. What CMI doesn't realize is that an overly ambitious executive from one of its main competitors has inserted himself into the situation. Believing that the LBI opportunity rightfully belonged to his company from the start, he's now overseeing a clandestine sabotage operation that'll make everything right. And if the residents of LBI—including most of those from the first story—suffer a few more setbacks as a result, that's life. Says Wil Mara: 'Tom Hogan, publisher of Plexus Publishing, Inc., and I had discussed a sequel for Wave several times over the years, but I didn't have an idea I was thrilled with. I can't invent them; they arrive when they do. Then, in 2022, on a Monday morning when I was walking down to my office, it all came to me—the story, the characters, everything. By the time I got to my computer, I had the whole thing. I spent half an hour fleshing out a few points, then I emailed Tom with the news.' Advance praise for 'Wave 2" 'What makes Wil's Wave sequel so frightening is the fact that it's all too real. I could feel the fear of each character jump right off the pages.' – Robbie Dupree, Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter 'Wil Mara's 'Wave 2: The Sequel' takes readers on a suspenseful, gripping, wild ride! His descriptive writing and compelling characters will have readers rooting for the residents in their struggle to survive and rebuild in the post-tsunami environment on Long Beach Island.' – C. H. Admirand, author of Hardheaded Heroes & Feisty Heroines historical and contemporary romance series 'A mysterious corporate mission with closely guarded secrets, along with nonstop action and a long-suffering island population, makes for a blockbuster combination. Wil Mara continues to amaze. Cinematic and immersive, 'Wave 2: The Sequel' is a thrilling ride. Readers anxiously awaiting this book and new fans alike are in for an entertaining treat as the carefully crafted story barrels toward its surprising and deliciously satisfying conclusion.' – Heather Bell Adams, author of The Good Luck Stone and the forthcoming Starring Marilyn Monroe as Herself About the Author Wil Mara is a forty-year veteran of the publishing industry with more than twenty-five novels to his credit. 'Wave,' released in May of 2005, was his first for adults. It sold through its initial printing in a matter of weeks and won the New Jersey Notable Book Award that autumn. His 2006 novel The Draft became the basis for the hit feature film Draft Day starring Kevin Costner, and his 2013 thriller Frame 232 won the Lime Award for Excellence in Fiction. The author is available for interviews and personal appearances through the Plexus Marketing Department. Contact Rob Colding, Book Marketing Manager, at 609/654-6266, ext. 330, or by email at [email protected]. For more about 'Wave 2,' including a schedule of author appearances, visit Contact Information: Plexus Publishing, Inc. Rob Colding 609-654-6266 ext. 330 Contact via Email [email protected] Read the full story here: 'Wave 2: The Sequel": The Tsunami on LBI Was Just the Beginning Press Release Distributed by
New York Times
23-05-2025
- New York Times
The Summer's Best Beach Reads
The first time my husband joined my family for a beach vacation, he brought eggplant parmigiana and an anthropologist's curiosity about the Jersey Shore. I don't know what he was expecting — boardwalks? a brush with Bruce Springsteen? — but, after a day or two, he asked: 'So we're just going to read? The whole time?' We were. My family rented a house on Long Beach Island for a week each summer and spent every waking moment with our noses buried in books. My sister and I had a love-hate relationship with this itinerary, but the instant we exited the Parkway and sand glinted from the shoulder of Route 72, we fell in line with tradition. Our dad staked out a spot on the deck, where he plowed through mysteries and biographies for eight hours a day. My sister and I read on the beach with our mom, barely speaking, breaking only for lunch, which was silent except for the sound of pages turning. Luckily my husband is a reader too (although he did rent a Jet Ski one afternoon, just to be a rebel). In the years since that first trip, we've put our own twist on beach vacations, from Maine to South Carolina to Florida, with detours to a lake in Vermont and a highway-adjacent Airbnb outside Santa Barbara, Calif. We've dabbled in activities: kayaking and biking, sun printing and shell decoupage, water slides and paddle ball. Our Scrabble set has seen its share of picnic tables; our kids know their way around an arcade. But we always return to Long Beach Island, and we always arrive with towers of books. We've determined that the best time for beach reading is late afternoon, after the lifeguards and families with Bluetooth speakers have gone home, preferably at low tide when the shoreline is as deep as it is wide. Our optimal spot is dune-adjacent — close enough that you can hear the wind in the sea grass, but far enough away that you're not interfering with frat bros playing Spikeball. If it's chilly, bring a sweatshirt. If it's sweltering, bury your feet in the sand. If you have Bugles or Fritos, they pair well with smart, fun novels like these. I want a book I can hand to anyone, then discuss What Kind of Paradise Like bottles of sunscreen, the best beach reads are shareable. Pass this one-size-fits-most gem among fellow vacationers and, odds are, everyone under your Cool Cabana will find something to appreciate. In Brown's sixth novel, a father-daughter duo live off the grid in remotest Montana. Only something isn't quite right in their tightly controlled world: Jane, a perspicacious teenager, begins to realize that her father isn't who he says he is. When she makes a courageous — and dangerous — break for freedom, we find ourselves embedded in the early dot-com boom in San Francisco. If the Unabomber had a daughter, this could be her story. It might prompt a pop-up book club, and it will definitely make you think about our reliance on technology (especially if you're squinting at a screen). (Comes out June 3) I'd like a love story that's out of this world Atmosphere Imagine 'Apollo 13' crossed with Kristin Hannah's 'The Women' and you have the gist of Reid's latest, set in the 1980s space program in Houston. Here we encounter a handful of astronaut hopefuls, including Joan, who winds up in Mission Control, and Vanessa, who finds herself aboard the shuttle Navigator on the brink of a Challenger-level crisis. How their orbits converge is the crux of the book, but Reid packs in plenty of detail about spacesuits, thermal tiles and depressurization, not to mention sexism. 'There are no cowboys here,' she writes of NASA. Thankfully, that rule doesn't apply to her characters, who are bold, bighearted and more than willing to test boundaries — atmospheric and otherwise. (Comes out June 3) I'm in the mood for a dark comedy with plenty of heart Maggie; Or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar This is one of the most delightful debuts I've read in a long time, and kudos to Yee for delivering on the promise of her unconventional title. Its rogue semicolon sets the scene: Yee's tale takes place during a pause — between divorce and marriage, sickness and health, the unknown and the status quo. The titular visit to a bar turns out not to be a setup for a joke, but a husband's admission to his wife that he's leaving her for a woman named Maggie. Then our narrator — the soon-to-be-ex-wife — learns that she has cancer. She navigates both upheavals with dry humor, even finding it in her heart to write a 'Guide to My Husband: A User's Manual.' (Comes out July 22) Give me modern romance with a hint of historical fiction Great Big Beautiful Life Welcome to Little Crescent Island, Ga., where two journalists are vying to write the memoir of Margaret Ives, a reclusive heiress who calls to mind both Patty Hearst and Priscilla Presley. Alice Scott is hoping to shore up her fledgling career with this white whale of a story, while Hayden Anderson coasts into the competition fresh off a Pulitzer win. Of course the two fall for each other — this is Henry's world, we just read in it — while violating every basic rule of journalism. Surprisingly, Ives's back story proves more scintillating than the sunset trysts and cozy diner meals. 'Queen of the beach read' is an oft-bandied term, but let the record state: Henry wears the crown. Take me home again, and make it complicated The Other Wife 'I knew what it was like to become someone who cared, perhaps too much, about the lost twist-tie on the bag of sourdough,' Zuzu announces in the opening pages of 'The Other Wife.' From there, Thomas-Kennedy lets us in on a world of dissatisfaction, the kind that's hard to swim against because the current is so gentle. Zuzu is semi-happily married to Agnes, but preoccupied with her college friend Cash. They share an easy banter that's elusive in Zuzu's adult life, where she's mired in the minutiae of her son's routine and haunted by decisions unmade or regretted. When Zuzu suddenly gets called back to her hometown, she finally has a chance to take stock of what she left behind. Bonus points for text conversations and bite-size chapters — despite the weighty subject matter, this one is easy to dip in and out of between naps, chats and bodysurfing. (Comes out July 15) Give me a beach read with a dash of mystery Mansion Beach If you love Elin Hilderbrand and 'The Great Gatsby,' Moore's frothy confection of a novel, set on Block Island, is a satisfying treat. The outsider here is Nicola Carr (get it? Nick Carraway?), who trades a failed relationship and a miserable job for a borrowed cottage and an internship at a local maritime institute. Her stab at equilibrium is quickly thwarted by a love triangle involving her cousin's wife (whose family is her real estate benefactor) and the party-throwing fashion entrepreneur next door. We learn about their shenanigans — which culminate in a death — in part from a chorus of podcast guests. This might not be the freshest plot device, but what Moore sacrifices in originality she makes up for with smocked maxi dresses and snarky asides. (Comes out May 27) How about a stylish joy ride that celebrates every beach body? Sunny Side Up There's a lot going on in Sturino's debut: A 35-year-old P.R. dynamo, Sunny Greene, needs a plus-one for her brother's wedding. She's having a fling with her mail carrier. She's training a new assistant. She's traveling with new friends (they're 'ride-or-die,' as friends tend to be in beach reads) and rebooting a newsletter that once embarrassed her ex-husband (a total dud with a podcast of his own, The Zack Attack). What gripped me about the novel had little to do with all of the above (entertaining as it is) and everything to do with Sunny's determination to create an inclusive luxury swimwear line. In real life, Sturino is a body acceptance advocate. In fiction, she takes us along for a clever and stylish ride, from fabric swatches to boardroom presentation to creation of a logo and beyond. (Comes out June 24) I need a reminder that old friends are the best ones My Friends Backman had me at his dedication: 'To anyone who is young and wants to create something. Do it.' In that spirit, he unfurls a sweeping saga about young people, art and the way creativity connects friends and strangers across generations. The specifics are difficult to summarize: Three young people appear in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Decades later, another young person sets out to understand the provenance of the painting and learns more than she bargained for. If you've read 'A Man Called Ove,' you know Backman can be depended on to show how small the world is, and how fragile. He does it again here, this time with 'Stand By Me' vibes. Take me on a getaway gone wrong Murder Takes a Vacation If you're a fan of Lippman's, you know Tess Monaghan, the private investigator who cracks cases in Baltimore. Here we get to know Muriel Blossom, Tess's retired colleague, who picks up an $8.75 million winning lottery ticket in a Circle K parking lot and uses it to get out of Charm City. Her destination: the M.S. Solitaire, a cruise ship bound for French ports. But Mrs. Blossom's carefully laid plans are disrupted when she crosses paths with two men — one silver-tongued and suspicious; and one who bewitches her, then dies. What follows is a rollicking adventure of the highest order, with cameos from Tess and a refreshing spotlight on a woman who is, as my mother would say, no spring chicken. (Comes out June 17) I'd like a tense family drama A Family Matter Some prefer not to mix sand with serious subjects; I'm not among them. Lynch's debut burns like a sparkler, quick and mesmerizing. The story unfolds from two sides of a divorce. We have a wife's perspective from the early 1980s, when she's a young mother in love with another woman; then, four decades later, we get her ex-husband's view as he's receiving a cancer diagnosis. In the meantime, their only child believes her mother is dead until she finds evidence to the contrary. Now a young mother herself, she must piece together the puzzle of her own past. In an author's note, Lynch explains how she consulted old court cases and legal documents pertaining to lesbian mothers forced to forfeit custody of their children. 'Their words are included here as a reminder of how far away the recent past is,' she writes. 'And how close.' (Comes out June 3)
