An alliance of 20 environmental groups, businesses, local officials and individuals came together Wednesday morning to fight offshore drilling. Held under a the barrage of rain outside of Langosta Lounge on the Asbury Park boardwalk, the event aimed to rally all New Jersey residents to attend the only public meeting being held in the state on […]

Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. will join Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker at 11:15 a.m. on the north side deck of Taylor Pavilion located at Fifth and Ocean avenues in Belmar to stress opposition to the Trump administration’s exploration of offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. The three led the fight to remove dangerous […]

There’s no secret that litter, particularly plastics, is a threat to the nation’s oceans and waterways. But what is hardly known, is a grassroots movement organized by individual chapters of the Surfrider Foundation that is beginning to take hold. Working to rehabilitate the worst offenders, the Rise Above Plastics campaign is aimed at changing dependency […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, How did we get here, Asbury Park, 2014? By here we mean a city that is thriving and bustling like a coastal town should, with people buying everything from ice cream cones to luxury condos. And by here we also mean a vocal, critical mass of people who actually care enough […]