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Coastal Observer Pawleys Island, SC December 15, 2016 By Jason Lesley Coastal Observer Opponents of oil drilling in the Atlantic Ocean are hoping President Obama will sign a permanent ban before he leaves office in January. The environmental group Oceana says it could happen this week. “That’s the best of all possible news,” said Peg Howell of […]

The State November 23, 2016 By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press The controversy over drilling for oil in the Atlantic Ocean has been reignited by the election of Donald Trump, and environmentalists and coastal businesses say it could be the first major fault line that divides them from the new president. The Obama administration has moved […]

Coastal Review 11/17/2016 by Mark Hibbs MOREHEAD CITY — A group of business leaders representing interests up and down the East Coast, including chambers of commerce, restaurant associations, commercial fishing groups and real estate organizations, are urging President Obama to use a provision of federal law to try and permanently block seismic surveying for oil and […]

The Virginia-Pilot November 16, 2016 By Dave Mayfield  Facing a new president who has said he favors opening the East Coast to oil and gas exploration, some environmental groups are pressing President Barack Obama to declare the waters off Virginia and other Atlantic states permanently off-limits to drilling before he leaves office in January. “Let’s […]

Southeast Energy News November 11, 2016 BY  Elizabeth Ouzts In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, coastal advocates and businesses are wasting no time in their quest for a permanent ban on offshore drilling along the Eastern Seaboard. Members of a newly formed alliance representing more than 12,000 businesses along the Atlantic Coast will travel to the District […]

Charleston Post & Courier October 28, 2016 By Bo Petersen  Nearly a half million commercial fishing families have joined the opposition to seismic testing for oil and natural gas in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a South Carolina-based business chamber. Meanwhile, a first, non-seismic survey is set to start. The families, numbering more than 400,000, […]

Myrtle Beach Sun News Letter to the Editor October 27, 2016 Sandra Bundy, Murrells Inlet All of us who live, work and own businesses along the Atlantic seaboard should be very concerned about the federal government permitting seismic testing for oil off the Atlantic coast. Not only will this eventually lead to offshore drilling, which […]