#ICYMI Yesterday, Commissioner LaTourette signed an Administrative Order authorizing the Drought Warning designation, which is the next stage of drought status after a Drought Watch and a step below a Drought Emergency, which could call for mandatory water-use restrictions. (1/3)

I can check “Get quoted in Rolling Stone magazine” off my bucket list. Thanks to @scrawford.bsky.social for a sobering assessment of the challenges we face to address the accelerating impacts of climate change at the Jersey Shore. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

I highly recommend you read this, especially if you live in #NJ. www.app.com/story/news/i... #NJnews #government

Invest in #ClimateResilience.

In a rapidly warming world, heat waves will become mass mortality events. If 2003 European heat wave were to recur with 1.5 °C of warming (we're close to that today), this study predicts 17,800 excess deaths across Europe in *one week.* With 3 C of warming, the toll rises to 32,000.

"If this economy continues on like it is for another year, yeah, for sure, we're going to have a lot of foreclosures"... Really good piece by @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...

Temperatures have warmed across the contiguous United States over the last five decades or so during the months of December through February (a rapidly warming season)... Check out @climatecentral.org's winter package for more information and graphics: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... ❄️🥵

🌊 Big progress on the Rebuild by Design Hudson River Project! This 48.5-foot floodgate, one of 26 that make up the project’s Resist structure, is being installed in the heart of the future Harborside Park in Hoboken. (1/2)

Rutgers University just published the latest New Jersey Science and Technical Advisory Panel on Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Storms (STAP), which examines the most current science on sea-level change and changing coastal storms. (1/3)

Abstracts for the 2026 New Jersey Coastal and Climate Resilience Conference are due in 10 days. Submit today!

Creates jobs, decreases waste, improves water quality, restores habitat, and strengthens #ClimateResilience. Win-win-win-win-win.

Props to @njspotlightnews.org for rightly pointing out that natural gas is, in fact, not clean energy, contrary to the Williams CEO’s comments.

Help design the communities of the future with a Master of City & Regional Planning or Master of City & Regional Studies. Virtual info session Tues. Nov. 11 @ 6pm EDT -- admissions, applications, curriculum and career ops! RSVP https://bit.ly/46mbBAI #urbanplanning #urbandesign #cityplanning

“interference in nature could lead to unintended consequences” -said unironically by someone living in a town that is almost 100% developed on a barrier island.

🧵 With the warm end of September, followed by four days in the 80°s early in October, one might have wondered when fall weather was going to arrive in New Jersey. By now, we know that by mid-month a transition to cooler weather arrived.

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Climate change is ALREADY costing you and will only get more expensive if we don’t invest in #ClimateResilience. I’m agnostic on HOW we pay for it, but the principle of #PollutersPay, that those who reaped $Trillions$ should help pay for the impacts of their actions, makes sense to me.

Ensuring that #NJ has the resources to help people and our communities AFTER a disaster is important and compassionate. But it is more impactful and cost-efficient to invest in #ClimateResilience BEFORE the death and destruction resulting from worsening, more frequent, and more costly events.

$100M to raise roads in just a few spots. Now multiply that by 100 (which is conservative). That's $100B. This is not a comment on the specific project. It is a comment on the extreme costs it will take just to make towns livable in a warmer world. Is this really the direction we want to take?

Got something to say about coastal management or #ClimateResilience? Submit an abstract or poster session to join us at the 2026 #NJ Coastal and Climate Resilience Conference!

Now add a few feet of sea-level rise.

Invest in #ClimateResilience.

Raritan Bay is straight up angry. Nor’easter rolling in

MyCoast High Water and Shoreline Erosion Alert! #NJ will see potentially significant impacts from the impending nor'easter such as increased levels of tidal flooding and coastal erosion Sunday - Monday. Use the MyCoast app to submit high water reports - but most importantly stay safe!

"New Jersey’s next generation of climate leaders isn’t waiting — they’re leading. Join us for Under 30 and Over It!, a panel featuring young professionals shaping climate policy, advancing environmental justice, and building resilient communities. Oct 22 | 7–8 PM | Zoom nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

New Jersey has returned to a Drought Watch; follow these 10 simple steps to save water this fall! 💧

The Resilient NJ program, administered through DEP’s Office of Climate Resilience, will use this round of funding to provide grants of up to $300,000 to municipalities that join other to establish self-identified regions, and then work to develop regional Resilience Action Plans.

Here we go again…

What this article avoids is the difficult question of whether these homes can, or should, be saved. It may sound callous but we’re going to face thousands of such decisions. With limited resources for #ClimateResilience we can’t protect everything everywhere forever. There are no easy answers left.

I’m still on leave so won’t be covering this as normal, but this is a report that folks across NJ should read

Climate change is having, and will continue to have, an outsized impact on the #NJ economy. This new report by @dep.nj.gov lays it out in stark terms. It’s time to invest in #ClimateResilience.

With increasing heat due to climate change and the rising costs of electricity, this new #NJ law to prevent utility shutoffs in the summer is a literal lifesaver. #ClimateResilience

How many more signs do we need to tell us that our reliance on the Army Corps for New Jersey's resilience needs is a fool's game? #NJ must establish stable state funding to support our state agencies and communities invest in #ClimateResilience.

Floodwaters can be tough to navigate on your own, but the Blue Acres program is here to help guide you to safety. Watch the entire video at: youtube.com/watch?v=PT7qS6CcuPQ Learn more about the Blue Acres program at: dep.nj.gov/blueacres/ #NJClimateWeek2025

Check out New Jersey's plan to address the often-overlooked issue of ocean acidification!

Learn how the Blue Acres program helped this Hunterdon County homeowner escape the dangers of flooding and ensure his family’s safety for the future. Watch the entire video at: youtube.com/watch?v=PT7qS6CcuPQ Learn more about the Blue Acres program at: dep.nj.gov/blueacres/ #NJClimateWeek2025

The Murphy Admin. today kicked off NJ Climate Week by highlighting its work to make the state more resilient to growing climate impacts while also presenting the fifth Our Water’s Worth It award to The Watershed Institute for improving regional stormwater management 💧 News release - bit.ly/46QAvd6

Proud of the work we've done to promote #ClimateResilience in #NJ.

This is what an investment in #ClimateResilience gets you.

We have any number of reports and studies demonstrating the significant impacts to our communities from climate-driven extreme weather. People are dying from random rainstorms.

August and summer 2025 weather conditions vacillated between heat with plenty of humidity to cool and quite pleasant. In the mix were also some local extreme storms with damaging impacts, while there were also some extended dry intervals. (1/7)