Business Alliance For Protecting The Atlantic Coast

Letter: Senator’s op-ed fails to reveal facts

December 24, 2017 - By: - In: In The News - Tags: , - Comments Off on Letter: Senator’s op-ed fails to reveal facts

Myrtle Beach Sun News December 22, 2017 Where I grew up we had a saying. “If you don’t like the weather, wait three days and it will change.” Our state senator seems to mirror that saying every time he advocates for testing/drilling for oil and gas off of our coast. In one of his most […]

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Letter: Professor who says seismic tests don’t hurt marine life has ties to drilling industry

December 14, 2017 - By: - In: In The News - Tags: , - Comments Off on Letter: Professor who says seismic tests don’t hurt marine life has ties to drilling industry

The State December 14, 2017 Columbia, SC As the federal government considers giving permits for oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic off the coast of South Carolina, the petroleum industry and its surrogates are working hard to convince the public that seismic testing will not harm whales, dolphins, fish and all other marine animals. […]

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World Bank to stop funding oil, gas projects from 2019

December 14, 2017 - By: - In: In The News - Tags: , - Comments Off on World Bank to stop funding oil, gas projects from 2019

Text by NEWS WIRES 2017-12-12 The World Bank will stop financing oil and gas exploration and extraction from 2019, it announced Tuesday at a climate summit seeking to boost the global economy’s shift to cleaner energy. “The World Bank Group will no longer finance upstream oil and gas, after 2019,” it said in a statement […]

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Editorial: Oil and S.C. waters just don’t mix

December 4, 2017 - By: - In: In The News - Tags: , - Comments Off on Editorial: Oil and S.C. waters just don’t mix

Charleston Post and Courier December 3, 2017   You wouldn’t know it in coastal South Carolina, but some state lawmakers are still open to offshore oil exploration. That needs to change. Testifying before an ad hoc House committee on offshore drilling this week, Sen. Stephen Goldfinch, R-Murrells Inlet, argued for a statewide referendum to let […]

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Right whales migrating to South Carolina coast in ‘dire straits’

November 28, 2017 - By: - In: In The News - Tags: , - Comments Off on Right whales migrating to South Carolina coast in ‘dire straits’

Charleston Post and Courier November 26, 2017 By Bo Petersen Rare, imperiled right whales will be offshore soon. A few lucky boaters might catch a glimpse of what could be the few left of the species. After an encouraging rebound over the past few decades, the Northern right whales’ calving appears to have taken a […]

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Congress is willing to risk lives of dwindling whales and dolphins

November 15, 2017 - By: - In: In The News - Comments Off on Congress is willing to risk lives of dwindling whales and dolphins

BY LEE TALBOT, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR THE HILL At the International Whaling Commission’s Scientific Committee in 1969, I pointed out that there was more economic benefit from whale watching than whale hunting. My fellow committee members laughed skeptically. After all, their job was to provide a scientific rationale for bigger whale hunting quotas for the countries […]

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EDITORIAL: Re-energize coastal protection campaign

November 13, 2017 - By: - In: In The News - Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Re-energize coastal protection campaign

Charleston Post and Courier Nov 12, 2017 The oil industry has increased its pressure on Congress and the administration to allow exploration for offshore oil and gas deposits on the Atlantic coast. Coastal communities from Florida to Maryland should be prepared to push back twice as hard. For the moment, permits for seismic testing off […]

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Editorial: End shenanigans with Puerto Rico

November 7, 2017 - By: - In: In The News - Tags: , - Comments Off on Editorial: End shenanigans with Puerto Rico

The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel November 7, 2017 By THE FORT LAUDERDALE SUN SENTINEL The last thing U.S. territory needs is the whiff of scandal involving aid efforts. Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory of 3.4 million people, continues to struggle with the largest power outage in our nation’s history. Nearly six weeks after Hurricane Maria […]

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Without drilling for oil in the Atlantic, geopolitical goal is being achieved

October 31, 2017 - By: - In: In The News - Tags: , - Comments Off on Without drilling for oil in the Atlantic, geopolitical goal is being achieved

The Washington Examiner story by John Siciliano tells the progress the U.S. is making in oil exports and what that has already achieved in geopolitical terms.  All without offshore drilling in the Atlantic and destroying our vibrant East Coast economy. Here are the highlights of this story: -“Oil exports increased by 300,000 barrels per day […]

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Even earless oysters ‘clam up’ over noise pollution

October 29, 2017 - By: - In: In The News - Tags: - Comments Off on Even earless oysters ‘clam up’ over noise pollution

PBS NewsHour October 25, 2017 By Teresa L. Carey Even without ears, oysters are “clamming up” when they hear too much noise in the ocean. In response to sounds similar to cargo ships, oysters slam their shells closed, seemingly to protect their soft bodies, according to a study published Wednesday in PLOS ONE. Oysters are […]

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