Shawn LaTourette, New Jersey's environmental protection commissioner, speaks at a news conference in Perth Amboy, N.J., on Friday, July 26, 2024, at which it was annou8nced that the federal government is giving $575 million in funding for 19 climate resiliency projects across the country, many of them designed to use nature-based elements including plants, rain gardens and absorbent paving materials to help address flooding and other weather-related disasters. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
U.S. Rep Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., speaks at a news conference in Perth Amboy, N.J., on Friday, July 26, 2024, at which it was announced that the federal government is giving $575 million in funding for 19 climate resiliency projects across the country, many of them designed to use nature-based elements including plants, rain gardens and absorbent paving materials to help address flooding and other weather-related disasters. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Shawn LaTourette, New Jersey's environmental protection commissioner, stands on a bayfront walkway in Perth Amboy, N.J., on Friday, July 26, 2024, that was rebuilt with federal recovery funds following Superstorm Sandy. The federal government is giving $575 million in funding for 19 climate resiliency projects across the country, many of them designed to use nature-based elements including plants, rain gardens and absorbent paving materials to help address flooding and other weather-related disasters. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
U.S. Rep Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., speaks at a news conference in Perth Amboy, N.J., on Friday, July 26, 2024 at which it was announced that the federal government is giving $575 million in funding for 19 climate resiliency projects across the country, many of them designed to use nature-based elements including plants, rain gardens and absorbent paving materials to help address flooding and other weather-related disasters. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
A section of the waterfront of Perth Amboy, N.J., that could get a so-called "resiliency park" is shown on Friday, July 26, 2024. That was the day it was announced that the federal government is giving $575 million in funding for 19 climate resiliency projects across the country, many of them designed to use nature-based elements including plants, rain gardens and absorbent paving materials to help address flooding and other weather-related disasters. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
People fish off a pier in Perth Amboy, N.J., on Friday, July 26, 2024, the day it was announced that the federal government is giving $575 million in funding for 19 climate resiliency projects across the country, many of them designed to use nature-based elements including plants, rain gardens and absorbent paving materials to help address flooding and other weather-related disasters. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
A man relaxes on a bayfront walkway in Perth Amboy, N.J., on Friday, July 26, 2024, the day it was announced that the federal government is giving $575 million in funding for 19 climate resiliency projects across the country, many of them designed to use nature-based elements including plants, rain gardens and absorbent paving materials to help address flooding and other weather-related disasters. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Jainey Bavishi, deputy administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, speaks on Friday, July 26, 2024, in Perth Amboy, N.J., to announce $575 million in funding for 19 climate resiliency projects across the country, many of them designed to use nature-based elements including plants, rain gardens and absorbent paving materials to help address flooding and other weather-related disasters. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
The industrialized waterfront of Perth Amboy, N.J., is shown on Friday, July 26, 2024, the same day it was announced that the federal government is giving $575 million in funding for 19 climate resiliency projects across the country, many of them designed to use nature-based elements including plants, rain gardens and absorbent paving materials to help address flooding and other weather-related disasters. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)