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MARYLAND
Biannual surveys of mid-Atlantic beaches consistently find balloons and related debris such as ribbons. These items can be mistaken by wildlife or even domestic animals as food, or animals can become entangled. Effective October 1, a new Maryland law prohibits anyone over the age of 13 from intentionally releasing balloons and prohibits mass balloon releases – defined as 10 or more balloons. Please visit this news clip for more information:
https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2021/09/30/intentional-balloon-releases-banned-in-maryland/
NEW YORK
NYSDOS just released a set of Resilience Principles, which are fundamental guidance used to inform planning and projects and foster actions that are more adaptable, equitable, compatible with the natural environment and consider long-term effects. Resilience can be challenging to translate to on-the-ground community efforts. The DOS principles provide a comprehensive and understandable approach for communities to integrate resilience into planning initiatives and project development, resulting in more consistent and proactive decision-making and more resilient communities. The principles are designed for resilience as it relates to responding to the impacts of climate change.
Read the document Resilience Principles.
NEW JERSEY
New Jersey published its 2021 New Jersey Climate Change Resilience Strategy. New Jersey’s first Statewide Climate Change Resilience Strategy provides a suite of forward-looking policy options to promote the long-term resilience of New Jersey to climate change. As a framework for policy, regulatory, and operational changes, the Resilience Strategy presents actions that New Jersey’s Executive Branch can take to support the resilience of the state’s communities, economy, and infrastructure. The Resilience Strategy includes 125 recommended actions across six priority areas.
Read the report here.
VIRGINIA
Governor Ralph Northam today announced an agreement for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to establish the first offshore wind turbine blade facility in the United States, propelling construction of the country’s largest new renewable energy project.
Virginia-based Dominion Energy had previously selected the company as its partner for the energy generation project 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. Next, Siemens Gamesa will lease more than 80 acres of the Commonwealth’s Portsmouth Marine Terminal and will build a facility to produce turbine blades supplying offshore wind projects in North America. The facility, combined with its operations and maintenance activities, will create a total of 310 new jobs, of which roughly 50 will be service jobs to support the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project. The project represents a total cost of $200 million, including over $80 million in investments for buildings and equipment at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal.
Read the full announcement here.
Siemens Gamesa announcement here.
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