…chairs the Outer Continental Shelf Governors Coalition, lauded the U.S. Department of Interior’s endorsement earlier this year of seismic testing in Atlantic waters. Gov. Pat McCrory “This decision is the right step toward more jobs for North Carolina, particularly in our rural areas near the coast,” McCrory said in a…
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Legislature Tips Its Hand on Offshore Drilling
…a better understanding of where development might potentially happen. The bureau closed the comment period on the survey’s environmental plan on July 2. The plan includes seismic and sonar tests in the Carolina Trough and other areas of potential off the N.C. coast. A public meeting in Wilmington on the…
Poll: Wind Favored Over Offshore Drilling
…that global warming is a serious problem compared to 36.8% who said it was not, according to the poll memo. “Offshore drilling and seismic testing is a dangerous and dirty business. When compared with safe, renewable wind power it’s clear that people see the potential of clean energy while also…
BOEM Releases Plan for Offshore Drilling
…drilling and the seismic testing that would precede it pose environmental and economic risks to North Carolina’s coastal communities that we cannot afford,” Regan said Thursday. “Protection of our beaches, sounds and marine life is vital to ensuring a robust coastal economy.” The group Oceana said the administration’s proposal would…
Offshore Oil Ads Promise Jobs, Revenue
…coastal towns – including Emerald Isle, Morehead City, Beaufort and Atlantic Beach in heavily Republican Carteret County – have responded to local opposition to drilling by adopting resolutions. Wilmington, Carolina Beach and others are on record as opposing offshore seismic testing and drilling. More than 85 East Coast communities have…
Offshore Permitting: Long, Winding Road
…Off N.C. An Offshore Timeline Seismic Surveys: Advantages and Controversy Wind: The Other Energy Resource In areas like the Gulf of Mexico where drilling is common and the infrastructure exists, It takes anywhere from four to 10 years after companies lease the seafloor from the federal government for production to…
CRO Brings Home 12 Press Awards
…Kirk Ross, Election/Political Reporting, “Cape Fear Pollution Fix: Call It a ‘Swamp?’” Jennifer Allen, Beat News Reporting, “New Seismic Permitting Process Begins.” Trista Talton, City/County Government Reporting, multiple entries covering Topsail Beach’s battle over dune-protection issues. Sam Bland, Lighter Columns, multiple entries. Learn More North Carolina Press Association contest…
Coastal Review Online Wins 22 Press Awards
…feature reporting, Catherine Kozak Third Place Sea-Level Rise Redux, news feature writing, Frank Tursi Coastal Sketch: Paul Sykes, profile feature, Catherine Kozak Moonrise at the Cape, feature photography, Sam Bland Panel: Seismic Effects Still Unclear, beat news reporting, Mark Hibbs Banks Communities Staking a Position, beat feature reporting, Catherine Kozak…
Hand in hand, advocacy groups to regroup for clean energy
…event last year because of COVID. Those new to the event can expect to see a group of people coming together “to show that we are in favor of clean renewable energy.” He hopes residents understand that “we have the ability and means to stop drilling and seismic testing off…
Brunswick County Mum On Offshore Drilling
…Key with Brunswick Environmental Action Team, or BEAT, told Coastal Review Online that they are very disappointed that Brunswick County Commissioners steadfastly refuse to listen to the people they represent. “Despite over 250 citizens from Brunswick County attending the meeting in favor of a resolution against offshore drilling and seismic…
Lawsuit seeks Atlantic seabird protection
…Barack Obama recently opened the Atlantic Coast to seismic exploration activities for oil and gas, and the Department of the Interior is reviewing 10 applications for permits. Additionally, the administration proposed a plan to offer an area off the mid-Atlantic for drilling in its five-year plan for offshore oil leases….
McCrory: N.C. Ready for Oil Business
…government to review applications for seismic surveys in the Atlantic by the end of the year; stressed the need for equitable revenue sharing with energy-producing states; criticized the “one-size-fits-all” buffer area imposed in the Atlantic; and discussed the need for additional Atlantic lease sales in the next five-year program that…