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The State May 3, 2017 By Donovan Harrell WASHINGTON South Carolina lawmakers representing coastal districts worry that offshore drilling would tank the state’s tourism-dependant economy. The inland representatives don’t share that opinion. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last Friday that could make it easier for offshore drilling to expand to the Atlantic and […]

Associated Press April’ 28, 2017 By JASON DEAREN and JILL COLVIN President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to find new ocean expanses in the Atlantic and the Arctic for offshore drilling is unlikely to reach its goals anytime soon, but instead will kick off a yearslong review and a legal battle. The day before his […]

The State May 2, 2017 As expected, the Trump administration is taking aim again at our coastal economy, working to allow offshore gas and oil drilling in the Mid and South Atlantic that the Obama administration had closed. What wasn’t expected, when I joined the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast on a trip […]

Hilton Head Island Packet April 29 , 2017 The Editorial Board Here we go again. Grassroots opposition to drilling for oil off the shores of South Carolina was resounding last year. We thought the proposition had gone away. On Friday, it came back in an executive order signed by President Donald Trump. We have a […]

Richmond Times-Dispatch April 28, 2017 By ROBERT ZULLO Last year, when the U.S. Interior Department said it would not include lease sales for oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic Coast in its five-year program, Virginia environmental, restaurant and hospitality groups cheered. President Donald Trump’s executive order Friday had them singing a different tune. It […]

Daily Press April 29, 2017 By Tamara Dietrich Federal waters off Virginia and other areas of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans — including marine sanctuaries — could be back in play for offshore drilling just months after they were removed “indefinitely” from possible oil and natural gas leasing. President Donald Trump signed an executive order […]

WAVY-TV April 28, 2017 By Kevin Green VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Two groups held a protest Friday afternoon over President Donald Trump’s offshore drilling order. The Southern Environmental Law Center and Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast said in a news release they were rallying against Trump’s desire to open the Atlantic Coast to drilling. […]

WTKR-TV April 28, 2017 By Brian Hill VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – An anti-drilling rally took place Friday in Virginia Beach. The rally came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday morning reversing former President Barack Obama’s offshore drilling ban. At 2 p.m. near the King Neptune statute, several guest speakers talked about the […]

The Greenville News April 29, 2017 By Nathaniel Cary President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at opening vast areas off the East coast to a search for oil and gas with a goal to expand America’s energy independence. The order was immediately met with resistance from environmental groups and from mayors of a […]

The Virginia-Pilot August 28, 2017 By Dave Mayfield VIRGINIA BEACH It was a quiet event. No protest chants. Just a couple of dozen sign-carrying opponents of offshore drilling who huddled near the King Neptune statue at the Oceanfront. But Laura Wood Habr, the organizer, felt backed in spirit by millions of others who make the […]