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For Immediate Release Date:                January 4, 2016 From:               Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Contact:          Tom Kies, President, Carteret county Chamber of Commerce, 252-726-6350,                                 Tom@nccoastchamber.com Frank Knapp, BAPAC Co-Founder, 803-252-5733 (O), 803-600-6874 (C), fknapp@scsbc.org Washington, DC—The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) is making one last effort to derail plans for […]

Date: December 20, 2016 From: Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Contact: Frank Knapp, BAPAC Co-Founder, 803-252-5733 (O), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Washington, DC—The over 35,000 businesses and 500,000 commercial fishing families of the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) are disappointed that President Obama has not banned offshore drilling along the […]

Date:                December 13, 2016 From:              Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Contact:          Frank Knapp, BAPAC Co-Founder, 803-252-5733 (O), 803-600-6874 (c),  fknapp@scsbc.org Tens of Thousands of Businesses Call on President Obama to Permanently Protect the Atlantic Coast from Offshore Drilling  Washington, DC—The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) delivered a letter today to […]

Date:                November 14, 2016 From:              Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast Contact:          Frank Knapp, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, 803-252-5733 (O),  803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Over 12,000 businesses seek protection for local coastal economies Washington, DC—A delegation from the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) meet today with Administration officials who will […]

Date:                October 27, 2016 From:              Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast Contact:          Frank Knapp, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, 803-252-5733 (O),  803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org From Maine to Florida—thousands of business interests ask President Obama to protect the Atlantic Ocean from Seismic Airgun Testing and Big Oil Washington, DC—The president of Cape Publishing […]

Date:       September 13, 2016 From:      Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast Contact:  Frank Knapp, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Tim O’Brien, International Game Fish Association, 434-466-2936, tpobrien@tycoontackle.com North Myrtle Beach, SC—Yesterday Atlantic coast businesses formed a new coalition, Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC).  The top […]