…of policy, saying it would allow applications for seismic testing for oil and gas exploration off the Atlantic Coast. The state House released its budget plan calling for far fewer cuts to DEQ with a total of 6.5 unfilled positions eliminated. The plan also ended funding for the North Carolina…
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Environmentalist, Oil Exec Face Off at Forum
…which is used to determine the best locations for test wells. Seismic technology in marine environments is controversial because of its negative effects on whales, dolphins and fish. Cousteau said that the seismic blasts can interrupt communications between migrating whales, which takes place over hundreds of miles. Hofmeister agreed that…
Drilling Opponents Dominate Public Hearing
…and irreparably harm the environment. “I’ve heard the argument many times ‘let’s update the seismic geological and geophysical data because what we have is old and we don’t know what’s out there,’ ” said Hampstead resident Jack Spruill. Standing at a podium at the front of a sprawling room in…
Seneca Guns: The Booms of Summer
…million years. Hall points out that seismic records don’t support the theory that Seneca Guns events are indicative of continental shelf landslides. There have been none recorded. Nor do Seneca Gun episodes match seismic earthquake records. “We definitely know when it’s the real deal, such as the earthquake that occurred…
An Offshore Timeline
…Six months to a year for federal administration and execution of lease sales in unleased areas. One year for preliminary geological investigation and selection of areas of interest for additional seismic data acquisition. One year to two years to acquire and to process 3D (and new wide azimuth) seismic data,…
Spate of Fed, State Bills Would Block Drilling
…dependence on dirty fossil fuels, threaten our way of life and endanger countless species.” Legal Action Also on Monday, South Carolina’s Republican attorney general announced he had joined a lawsuit filed in December by 16 South Carolina municipalities and the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce to block seismic testing…
Pine Knoll Shores Resolves to Oppose Drilling
PINE KNOLL SHORES — Town commissioners have approved a resolution opposing offshore oil and gas drilling and seismic exploration, the Carteret County News-Times reported. Commissioner voted 4-1 in favor of the resolution Wednesday with Commissioner Fred Fulcher opposed. Fulcher said he didn’t see an issue, particularly with seismic testing, and…
Drilling Opponents Look West For Support
…Mayor Bobby Owens leads a discussion in May among coastal mayors and state officials on how to continue the fight against proposed drilling and seismic exploration for oil and natural gas off the North Carolina coast. Photo: Kirk Ross Owens was chair of the Dare County Board of Commissioners during…
Bernhardt: Atlantic Offshore Drilling On Hold
…the reason for this delay, more than 230 communities have spoken out against seismic testing and offshore drilling in the Atlantic, and those hundreds of thousands of coastal residents and businesses welcome any development that makes risking their coast less likely,” said SELC Senior Attorney Sierra Weaver in a statement….
Smarter Energy Investment Needed Now
…real benefits will flow to the already heavily subsidized oil and gas industry. In its recent authorization to allow seismic air gun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to Florida, the Trump Administration has willfully ignored the critical 2017 decision by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that…
Cooper Promises Lawsuit Over Exemption
…local leaders Monday during a press conference at Blockade Runner Beach Resort. Cooper was responding to the recent announcement that Florida would be exempt from the Trump administration’s proposed five-year plan announced Jan. 4 that would open almost all U.S. offshore waters to seismic exploration and drilling for oil and…
Brunswick Group Plans Opposition Rally
BRUNSWICK COUNTY – Offshore drilling opponents here plan to hold a rally next week and urge county commissioners to support a resolution opposed to offshore drilling and seismic exploration for oil and natural gas. Neil Gilbert The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners in summer 2016 passed a resolution in support…