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All parties involved in the fight over the Trump administration considering permits for seismic airgun blasting expected that lawsuits would fly if those permits for oil exploration in the Atlantic were granted. The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast and numbers of environmental groups like the Natural Resource Defense Council and Oceana had made […]

BAPAC has made it very clear that we will legally oppose any permits issued for seismic testing if only because it would be a political decision not one based on science and facts (as the decision was based upon in January).  Joel Clement’s experience (below) clearly demonstrates Interior’s willingness to block scientific decisions and to use […]

This week Mr. James Barton officially warned the National Marine Fisheries Service that indiscriminate seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic will potentially lead to the release of chemicals from munition dump sites.  The threat to humans and dolphins is serious. Now the stakes are raised to a nuclear concern. Below is an NPR story from […]

(Comments submitted by James Barton to the National Marine Fisheries Service in regard to seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic.) 18 July, 2017 Modern seismic airguns used to detect off shore natural resources miles below the sea bed have ample power to disrupt severely corroded yet otherwise stable concentrations of sea dumped munitions, thereby inviting […]

Last week Shelly Island off the North Carolina coast was evacuated by authorities due to what appeared to be an unexploded, heavily marine-corroded military ordinance—that’s a bomb to us non-military folks. After a long day of concern, according to TV station WRAL Navy explosive experts determined that the object was fortunately a training ordinance from […]

Statement of Margaret S. Howell Founder Stop Offshore Drilling in the Atlantic   House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Hearing on “Evaluating Federal Offshore Oil and Gas Development on the Outer Continental Shelf”   July 12, 2017 Chairman Gosar, Ranking Member Lowenthal and Honorable Committee Members: Good morning. My name […]

Today, Congressman John Rutherford (R-FL) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) released a bipartisan letter with 103 signatures of U.S. House members being sent to Interior Secretary Zinke in opposition to giving permits for seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic to explore for oil. The opposition in Congress to seismic airgun blasting is growing. Below is […]

SAVE THE DATE Join Lynnhaven River NOW, the Southern Environmental Law Center, the Sierra Club, and Ocean Monday, June 26th at 7:00 pm At the Brock Environmental Center 3663 Marlin Bay Drive, Va. Beach VA 23455 Click here to RSVP With special guests: Jay Ford, Virginia’s Eastern Shorekeeper Mark Swingle, Director of Research & Conservation […]