Last month, New Jersey became the first Atlantic state to adopt a legal barrier to offshore drilling. Phil Murphy (D), that prohibits oil exploration in state waters, which extend three miles from shore. As the larger dumping debacle played out, Asbury Park was rocked by its own sewage problem starting in 1987. “Every weekend there’s something going on” in Asbury Park, Moor said. Zipf also helped craft the amendment that forbids oil pipelines in New Jersey waters, which is modeled on a California law.

Source: Washington Post May 27, 2018 21:45 UTC