Brunswick County rescinded Tuesday its resolution to support offshore drilling and seismic testing, leaving Carteret County to be the only coastal government body to be in favor of offshore exploration.
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App Offers Guidance On Living Shorelines
The Nature Conservancy’s Coastal Resilience program has partnered with scientists at the NOAA Beaufort Lab to create an online tool for assessing the suitability of living shorelines along the central North Carolina coast.
Group Seeks More Time for Public Comment
The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast, a group representing East Coast businesses and commercial fishing families, is urging the feds to offer more chances for the public to weigh in on the plan to expand offshore drilling.
Watermen To Hunt for Lost Crab Pots
The North Carolina Coastal Federation’s Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Project will begin this week, when 76 commercial watermen will venture into the state’s sounds to collect lost crab pots.
Offshore Drilling: Cooper Calls For Exemption
Gov. Roy Cooper has urged U.S Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to grant North Carolina a similar exemption from offshore oil and gas drilling to the one given Florida.
Stalemate On GenX: Senate Says No Urgency
Despite the House’s unanimous support of a bill with money to address GenX in drinking water supplies in the southeastern part of the state, Senate leaders say they need more time to consider options.
Senate Adjourns With No Vote On GenX Bill
Republicans and Democrats in the state House of Representatives want to give state regulators more money to address the GenX issue, but Senate leaders refuse to support the measure.
Cooper Petitions For Drilling Exemption
Gov. Roy Cooper is demanding Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke grant an exemption for North Carolina from the recently proposed offshore oil and drilling plan.
Coastal Advocates Vow to Fight Drilling Plan
Environmental advocates and elected officials in Dare County are gearing for a fight against the recently released plan by the Trump Administration to open most of the U.S. coast to offshore drilling.
Brunswick Group Plans Opposition Rally
The Brunswick Environmental Action Team plans to hold a rally opposing offshore drilling Tuesday in Bolivia, where county commissioners are to meet later that evening.
Weather, Disasters Cost Billions in 2017
NOAA says 2017 was a year of extremes for the U.S. with floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, drought, fires and freezes, causing fatalities and financial hardships for the nation.
Coastal Studies Institute Open House Jan. 20
The Coastal Studies Institute in Wanchese is set to host an open house Jan. 20, when visitors can learn about current research and education programs, take part in family-friendly activities and interact with faculty and staff.
Florida Pulled From Offshore Drilling Proposal
Florida is no longer being considered for offshore gas and oil drilling, the Interior Department announced Tuesday, after Gov. Rick Scott, who fiercely opposed the plan to drill off the state’s coast, met with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
New Whale Skeleton Museum Taking Shape
A new building to house the Bonehenge Whale Center in Beaufort should be completed this year, says Keith Rittmaster, natural science curator at the N.C. Maritime Museum.
Green Gill Oyster Now In Durham Restaurant
The green gill oyster, native to eastern North Carolina, is now being offered in a Durham restaurant and is one of the most expensive items on the menu.
A View From Above: Icy Albemarle Sound
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, on NASA’s Earth Observing System satellite Terra captured this image Jan. 7, that shows ice in the Albemarle Sound after a powerful nor’easter dumped snow across the East Coast and another blast of bitterly cold air drove frigid temperatures lower still.
