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Read North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper’s comments to BOEM in opposition to offshore drilling in the Atlantic here.

The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast has filed its comments to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management regarding the proposal to allow offshore drilling for oil in the Atlantic. Click here to read the comments.

New Jersey’s GOP governor, Chris Christie, in speaking for his state has joined seven members of the NJ Congressional delegation  in officially opposing putting the Atlantic in the next 5-year plan for offshore oil drilling leases. Congratulations to all who worked tirelessly to make this happen.  Read the NJ letter below.  

Henry McMaster, Governor of South Carolina, has made it very clear that he opposes both seismic testing and drilling for oil in the Atlantic. Now one of his challengers in next year’s GOP primary has weighed in on the issue of offshore drilling. According to the Charleston City Paper, Catherine Templeton spoke to a town […]

New Jersey members of Congress have sent a letter to Interior Secretary Zinke opposing putting the Atlantic into a new 5-year plan.  Read the letter.  

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) official comment period for the seismic airgun blasting applications to kill, injure and harass up to 138,000 marine mammals and millions of fish and invertebrates in the Atlantic is over.  The NMFS can approve the applications for this outdated oil-exploration method literally at any time. This would enable the […]

With offshore drilling for oil on the ropes after the economically devastating 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, in 2011 the oil industry formed, bankrolled and ran the Outer Continental Shelf Governors Coalition (OCSG) to defend the industry and lobby for more drilling.  The original 4 members were Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, Texas governor Rick Perry, Mississippi […]

Another state attorney has weighed in to oppose seismic airgun blasting permits for the Atlantic. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring submitted his official comment to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) yesterday. This brings to 10 the number of AGs bringing the authority of their offices to the massive and growing opposition to seismic airgun […]