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Coastal Review January 16, 2018 by Staff Report An organization representing coastal businesses and commercial fishing families is urging the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to extend the public comment period on the president’s new plan for offshore oil and gas leasing and add more opportunities for coastal residents to speak out. Frank Knapp Jr., […]

Huffington Post January 10, 2018 Coastal Republicans Say States, Not Just Trump, Should Get Say On Offshore Drilling By Igor Bobic and Chris D’Angelo WASHINGTON ― Florida Gov. Rick Scott isn’t the only East Coast Republican who wants a say on whether vast new stretches of federal waters should be open to oil and gas […]

BAPAC sent an email to the Commissioners of Brunswick County before their meeting last night.  That emailed letter is below this news story. Wilmington Star News January 16, 2018 Brunswick revokes previous stance on offshore drilling By Adam Wagner Narrow vote means the county does not support or oppose offshore drilling, at least for now. […]

Charleston Post and Courier January 15, 2018 Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made a bombshell announcement this week regarding offshore oil drilling. After he met with Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Mr. Zinke decided to pull the federal waters off the coast of Florida from consideration as areas suitable for drilling for oil. Mr. Zinke was quoted […]

Charleston Post and Courier January 13, 2018 By Brian Hicks We will soon see exactly how much pull Gov. Henry McMaster has with the White House. Or, conversely, we’ll see oil derricks off the Isle of Palms. Earlier this week, the governor said he will ask the Trump administration to exempt South Carolina from offshore […]

Richmond Times-Dispatch January 12, 2018 By ROBERT ZULLO Richmond Times-Dispatch   Gov.-elect Ralph Northam wants Virginia to get the same consideration as Florida, which the U.S. Interior Department this week cut out of its contentious draft plans to dramatically expand oil and gas drilling in American waters. In a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke […]

For those who did not read the letter to the editor by Ben Gregg (executive director of the SC Wildlife Federation) regarding offshore drilling advocate Dr. James Knapp  (no relation) and his ties to the oil industry, that letter is also below. The State January 11, 2018 Letter: Knapp’s opinions deserve respect The left wants […]

The State January 11, 2018 By Emma Dumain And Tony Pugh, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON President Donald Trump created a political headache for Republican leaders of coastal states with his proposal last week to expand offshore oil and gas drilling. Now he’s causing even more chaos. After allowing Florida to opt out of the plan, […]

Wilmington Star News January 10, 2018 By Adam Wagner GateHouse Media Trump administration appears to have already removed Florida from plan WILMINGTON — Citing local pushback and a burgeoning tourism economy, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced Tuesday that he would remove a state from the now-under-review Trump administration’s offshore drilling plan. That […]