Clinton Andrews co-authored a recent study on senior apartments in public housing units in Elizabeth, N.J. found that cooling centers could “significantly reduce morbidity and mortality rates during heat disasters, especially among socially isolated and physically frail low-income seniors,” and recommended mandatory cooling requirements for all renters in its findings. He applauded the move by NYC lawmakers.
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How Big of a Climate Betrayal Is the Willow Oil Project?
On Monday, when President Biden approved ConocoPhillips’s $8 billion plan to extract 600 million barrels of oil from federal lands in Alaska, the announcement landed simultaneously with the thud of betrayal and the air of inevitability. On the campaign...
Rutgers to lead regional large-scale Coastlines and People Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub with nearly $20M from National Science Foundation
The new hub will help improve the understanding and governance of co-evolving hazard developments and coastal processes.
What do our current crises teach us about combating climate change?
Jeanne Herb and Stuart Shapiro discuss the intersection of the climate crisis, COVID, and economic inequality, and why climate change cannot be seen as a separate challenge from other crises.
New report seeks to address needs of populations vulnerable to changing coastal climate conditions
Virtual Summer Climate Academy, “Engaging Vulnerable Populations in Resilience Planning” on June 22 will highlight some of the outcomes of the report.
Bloustein School, RU Press to celebrate New Jersey with new books by Bloustein School authors
The Bloustein School and Rutgers University Press announce the publication of three new “Jersey-focused” books by Bloustein School authors. James W. Hughes, Dean of the Bloustein School and Joseph J. Seneca, University Professor of Economics, have authored New...
Smaller municipalities may NOT be more costly to operate, says new Bloustein Local report
A new report authored by researchers at Rutgers University’sBloustein Local Government Research Center (Bloustein Local) at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, analyzes the cost of municipal government and municipal size in New Jersey. The...
New Rutgers initiative to examine health impacts of post-Sandy decision making
A new Health Impact Assessment (HIA) project by the New Jersey Health Impact Collaborative (NJHIC), an effort facilitated by Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS), will examine...
EJB professor Henry Coleman to be honored by New Jersey Future, October 30
New Jersey Future will honor its longtime trustee Henry A. Coleman, a professor at the Bloustein School, at a reception on Thursday, October 30 at Christopher’s Restaurant at The Heldrich, 10 Livingston Ave. in New Brunswick from 6:00-8:00 p.m. In their release, New...
EJB researchers create new climate change mapping website for New Jersey
NJADAPT.org, a new climate change mapping website for New Jersey, was launched this week. The project was spearheaded by EJB's Environmental Analysis and Communications Group. Jeanne Herb, associate director of the Rutgers Environmental Analysis and Communications...