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Wednesday morning (February 28) at 9:30 in Atlanta at Liberty Plaza across from the state capitol Georgia legislators, business leaders, and conservation groups publicly oppose allowing oil and gas development off of Georgia’s coast as the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management holds a public listening session in Atlanta. Over 140 East Coast local governments have […]

PRESS RELEASE Date:       February 6, 2018 From:      Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Subject:   Business Alliance Congratulates Georgia State Legislators and City of Atlanta on Resolutions Opposing  Offshore Drilling Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-497-3204 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@protectingtheatlanticcoast.org Columbia, SC—Bipartisan resolutions were introduced in the Georgia House (H.1041) and Senate (S.706) yesterday.  The […]

PRESS RELEASE Date: February 2, 2018 From: Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Subject: Southern Republican opposition to offshore drilling in the Atlantic grows Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-497-3204 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@protectingtheatlanticcoast.org Columbia, SC—Southern Republican opposition to the federal government permitting drilling and testing for oil off the Atlantic Coast continues to […]

PRESS RELEASE Date:       January 16, 2017 From:      Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Subject:   Business Organization Calls for More Opportunity for Public Input Contact:  Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-497-3204 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@protectingtheatlanticcoast.org Business Organization Calls for More Opportunity for Public Input Columbia, SC—The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) has sent […]

PRESS Statement Date:       January 9, 2018 From:      Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Subject:   Trump Administration Drops Florida From Offshore Drilling Plan (NYT’s story) Contact:  Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-497-3204 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@protectingtheatlanticcoast.org Today the New York Times reported that following a meeting with Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott, the Secretary of the […]

PRESS RELEASE Date:       January 5, 2018 From:      Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Subject:   Businesses organization calls for defunding planning for offshore oil drilling Contact:  Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-497-3204 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@protectingtheatlanticcoast.org Columbia, SC—The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) is calling for Congress to include in any final budget […]

PRESS RELEASE Date: January 4, 2017 From: Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Subject: Over 41,000 businesses call on dropping Atlantic from oil drilling plan Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-497-3204 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@protectingtheatlanticcoast.org Columbia, SC—The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) is sounding the alarm to its 41,000 business supporters […]

PRESS RELEASE Date:       August 18, 2017 From:      Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Subject:   Over 41,000 businesses call on dropping Atlantic from oil drilling plan Contact:  Frank Knapp, President/CEO of BAPAC, 803-497-3204 (w), 803-600-6874 (c),  fknapp@protectingtheatlanticcoast.org Columbia, SC—The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) has filed comments to the Bureau of Ocean […]

Date:       July 6, 2017 From:      Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Subject:   Businesses Cite Excessive Problems with Government Regulations on Seismic Airgun Blasting Contact:  Frank Knapp, President/CEO of BAPAC, 803-497-3204 (w), 803-600-6874 (c),  fknapp@protectingtheatlanticcoast.org The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) has submitted its official comments in opposition to the federal government approving applications from […]