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Seismic testing for oil in Atlantic off S.C. coast nears approval

June 6, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: In The News - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

The Greenville News June 5, 2017 By Nathaniel Cary The Trump administration took a concrete step Monday toward allowing companies to conduct seismic tests in the search for oil and natural gas off South Carolina’s coast, with the publication of a proposal to allow five companies to use air guns to blast sound waves into the […]

Statement of Rick Baumann, founder of Murrells Inlet Seafood, NRDC Presser – June 5, 2017

June 5, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: BAPAC Blog - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

My name is Rick Baumann. I have been working in one or more facets of the seafood business for over 50 years. I have seen the changes from the prospective of a harvester, wholesaler, retailer and restaurateur. The company I founded, Murrells Inlet Seafood, is located in the Seafood Capital of South Carolina. The entire […]

Political Decision on Atlantic Oil Exploration Endangers Coastal Economies

June 5, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: Press Releases - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

PRESS RELEASE Date: June 5, 2017 From: Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Subject: Political Decision on Oil Exploration In Atlantic Endangers Coastal Economies Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO of BAPAC, 803-497-3204 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@protectingtheatlanticcoast.org Political Decision on Atlantic Oil Exploration Endangers Coastal Economies Columbia, SC—On January 6th of this year, the Bureau of […]

Business View: ‘No Good Reason For Drilling’

May 31, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: In The News - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

Coastal Review Online May 31, 2017 By Tom Kies MOREHEAD CITY — The Carteret County Chamber of Commerce, with its nearly 900 members, advocates for businesses in the region. Our legislative agenda is shared with lawmakers locally and at the state and federal levels. There is one issue on our Chamber’s agenda that is catching […]

Booker, Menendez Introduce Bill to Ban Seismic Testing in Atlantic

May 30, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: In The News - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

Cape May County Herald May 27, 2017 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-NJ), Bill Nelson, (D-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the “Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act’’ a bill […]

BAPAC Newsletter

May 25, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: BAPAC Blog - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

Newsletter May 2017 Trump Budget Undercuts Arguments for Atlantic Coast Offshore Drilling President Donald Trump’s FY 2018 budget released this week undercuts two critical arguments made by proponents of offshore drilling for oil and gas in the Atlantic according to the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC). First, the Trump budget proposes to […]

Trump Budget Undercuts Arguments for Atlantic Coast Offshore Drilling

May 25, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: Press Releases - Tags: offshore drilling - Comments Off

Date: May 25, 2017 From: Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Subject: Trump Budget Undercuts Arguments for Atlantic Coast Offshore Drilling Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO of BAPAC, 803-497-3204 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@protectingtheatlanticcoast.org Columbia, SC—President Donald Trump’s FY 2018 budget released this week undercuts two critical arguments […]

Myrtle Beach says “NO” to Big Oil

May 21, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: BAPAC Blog - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

Yesterday people all along the Atlantic Coast joined together for the 8th annual Hands Across The Sand demonstration against seismic testing and offshore drilling for oil. Here is a fantastic video of the press conference in Myrtle Beach, SC. Citizens, elected officials, businesses and sporting organizations came together to protect the Atlantic Coast form airgun […]

Lawmakers push back against Trump offshore drilling review

May 16, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: In The News - Tags: offshore drilling - Comments Off

The Hill May 12, 2017 By Devin Henry More than 100 members of Congress are urging the Trump administration not to open up the Atlantic or Pacific oceans for oil and gas drilling as part of the Interior Department’s review of federal offshore policies. In a letter released on Monday, the members said drilling in […]

Two reasons to oppose offshore drilling

May 9, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: In The News - Tags: offshore drilling - Comments Off

Hilton Head Island Packet May 9, 2017 BY SHARON E. RICHARDSON, Special to The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette Check with either an ecologist or an economist about offshore drilling, and you’ll find that their views dovetail perfectly: it’s a bad bargain for South Carolina. Melanie Driscoll, my Audubon colleague, gathered and interpreted data […]