CHARLESTON, S.C. – A federal judge here ruled Friday that work to issue permits for offshore seismic exploration for oil and natural gas cannot continue until the partial federal government shutdown ends. Related: Spate of Fed, State Bills Would Block Drilling U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel, in his ruling on…
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Scientists Warn About Seismic Tests
…the effects of seismic testing. It urges Obama to reject the Department of the Interior’s analysis and its decision to introduce seismic oil and gas surveys in the Atlantic. State regulators recently received a third submission for offshore seismic survey. Under federal law a number of activities are required to…
Seismic Surveys: Advantages and Controversy
Any time an oil or gas company drills for energy reserves, it is speculative; modern technology, however, has significantly reduced the guesswork in siting oil and gas rigs. This graphic shows how seismic airgun testing is used to locate oil and gas deposits deep below the ocean floor. Graphic: Oceana…
Stein, 8 Other AGs Join Case to Block Seismic
RALEIGH – North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein along with eight other state attorneys general joined on Wednesday a case filed in December in South Carolina seeking a motion for a preliminary injunction to block seismic testing off the East Coast. Josh Stein In February, the court granted the attorney…
Dare, Nags Head Protest Seismic Decision
…to approve seismic testing for undersea reserves. Related: Seismic Survey Firms Get MMPA Approval Chairman Bob Woodard, who wrote the letter dated Dec. 2 with Nags Head Mayor Ben Cahoon, noted Monday that governors up and down the East Coast have objected to offshore testing and drilling. Coastal towns and…
Seismic Permitting: Cooper Files Comments
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper’s office and the state Department of Environmental Quality filed with federal regulators on Friday comments urging denial of applications for authorization to incidentally harass marine mammals as required for seismic exploration for oil and natural gas off the North Carolina coast. Cooper announced Thursday during…
Majority Say No To Drilling, Seismic Testing
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality held three public hearings in coastal communities this week to receive feedback on the proposed federal oil and gas leasing program along the Atlantic coast. All of three hearings brought out a near consensus of voices that oppose drilling and seismic testing. The…
Group Rallies Against Offshore, Seismic
Featured Image CALABASH — More than 60 demonstrators stood together in Calabash Saturday to rally against seismic exploration and offshore drilling, according to organizers of the event. Held along the south side of Beach Drive in Calabash, every beach town in Brunswick County was represented by residents of all ages…
Seismic: Public Has More Time to Comment
The deadline has been extended to July 21 for public comment on proposed incidental harassment during seismic surveys off the Atlantic Coast. File photo The National Marine Fisheries Service has extended the deadline for public comment on proposed incidental harassment authorizations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act during seismic surveys…
Maps Show Mammals in Seismic Testing Sites
Animated maps released today by the environmental group Oceana show the overlap of marine mammals and proposed seismic airgun blasting sites in the Atlantic Ocean. The maps show the density of bottlenose dolphins, and endangered humpback, fin and sperm whales over the course of a year at the proposed test…
9 Attorneys General Fight Seismic Testing
…own complaint on behalf of their respective states, “according to the announcement. The seismic testing surveys is one step closer to allowing offshore drilling, “An action that would result in severe and potentially irreparable harm to our coastline and its critically important tourism and fishing economy,” the release continued. Five…
Testing for Offshore Drilling Sets Off Debate
…letter endorsing seismic testing for oil and gas off the North Carolina coast. The letter was written by an industry lobbying group. The industry for decades has used seismic surveying to pinpoint potential energy resources beneath the ocean floor. Such tests were last conducted in the Atlantic about 30 years…