Radio station WPTF in Raleigh conducted an interview with Frank Knapp, President and CEO of BAPAC on August 25, 2017 Click here to listen.
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NRDC-OnEarth August 28, 2017 Not even the Republican governors who supported him are willing to get behind it. By Jeff Turrentine President Trump, to put it mildly, hasn’t worked too hard to bring Democrats and Republicans together on many issues. By almost any account, the partisan divide in this country today is wider than it’s […]
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OilPrice.com August 20, 2017 By Nick Cunningham A key public comment period just ended for revising the offshore exploration program along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, and the path forward might not be as smooth as the Trump administration had hoped. The Department of Interior, which regulates offshore drilling and also conducts lease sales to the […]
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The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast and probably every other organization that submitted comments to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) opposing seismic testing for oil in the Atlantic talked about the need to protect the endangered right whale from the airgun blasting. As the story below indicates, this is not an idle […]
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Read North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper’s comments to BOEM in opposition to offshore drilling in the Atlantic here.
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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 […]
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The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast has filed its comments to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management regarding the proposal to allow offshore drilling for oil in the Atlantic. Click here to read the comments.
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Facing South August 17, 2017 By Sue Sturgis Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has joined with the other governors of Southeastern states targeted for offshore drilling and said he opposes those plans — a critical move since federal law governing offshore oil and gas development gives special consideration to a governor’s position. On Thursday, Aug. […]
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Richmond Times-Dispatch August 17, 2017 BY ROBERT ZULLO Gov. Terry McAuliffe, at various points in his political career an opponent and proponent of oil-and-gas drilling off Virginia’s coast, told the federal government Thursday that he opposes including Virginia waters in the new leasing program being assembled by President Donald Trump’s administration. “A primary concern […]
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