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Dolphin Populations Hit by BP Oil Spill Will Take 40 Years to Recover, Report Finds

April 9, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: BAPAC Blog - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

Oceana blog March 2, 2017 By: Allison Guy Bottlenose dolphin populations affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster will take 39 years to recover to their former abundance. That’s one of several sobering conclusions from a recent edition of Endangered Species Research dedicated to the spill. In a series of related reports, researchers revealed that […]

SC Governor McMaster reaffirms his opposition to offshore drilling

April 5, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: In The News - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

As reported in The Greenville News on March 29, 2017: McMaster said he has “serious deep concerns” if offshore drilling comes back to the table. “No. 1, we’re experiencing a renaissance of natural gas all around the country and through fracking and other things,” he said. “I do not want to do anything that would […]

Seismic testing…Where have all the fish gone?

April 3, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: BAPAC Blog - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

We now have a study on the effect of a 2014 seismic testing survey on fish that use a nearby reef off the North Carolina coast.Ms. Avery Paxton was part of the research team that used microphones and cameras to document the impact. According to a story in the Carteret County News-Times: Ms. Paxton said that noise […]

Letter: Offshore drilling

April 2, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: In The News - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

Charleston Post and Courier April 2, 2017 I have lived on Sullivan’s Island since 1981. In 2002, I attended graduate school in Santa Barbara, Calif. Walking the beach there, I was horrified at the sight of oil rigs offshore and tar balls stuck to my feet. I was grateful that no structures marred our view […]

BAPAC Goes to the Hill

April 1, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: BAPAC Blog - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

Nine members of the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast met with 22 Congressional offices on March 30th and 31st. Our Hill Day volunteers came from Maine to Florida and represented the hospitality, fishing, investment and general business community (see below for a list of BAPAC participants). The elected leaders and their staffs heard […]

Local Business Leader Visits Washington to Urge Congress and Trump Administration to Protect Atlantic from Offshore Drilling

March 30, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: Press Releases - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

For Immediate Release: March 30, 2017 Contact: Frank Knapp, 803.497-3204 (o), 803.600.6874 (c), fknapp@protectingtheatlanticcoast.org WASHINGTON – Today, representatives from the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) will meet with members of Congress and their staff to ask that the Atlantic Ocean remain off-limits to offshore oil and gas drilling as well as seismic airgun […]

LETTER: More dead whales in New Zealand

February 15, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: In The News - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

The Greenville News February 15, 2017 My opinion editorial, ‘The “scientific” effect of seismic testing is death’ ran in The Greenville News Jan. 10. Seismic testing is the process of large vessels exploring for oil deposits using airgun blasting. One seismic vessel can tow up to 96 airguns that can cover an area 21 times larger than […]

The truth about seismic testing

January 11, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: In The News - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

Statehouse Report January 11, 2017 A National Park Service volunteer examines a beached pilot whale in the Florida Everglades. While the cause of the whale’s death in 2013 was unclear, the photo resembles strandings in New Zealand at the end of 2016. Photo via Wikipedia. By Frank Knapp Jr., special to Statehouse Report | Here is a political axiom: […]

COMMENTARY: The “scientific” effect of seismic testing is death

January 10, 2017 - By: BAPAC Admin - In: In The News - Tags: offshore drilling, seismic testing - Comments Off

The Greenville News January 10, 2017 By Frank Knapp Jr., Guest Columnist This past Friday’s announcement by the Obama Administration’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that it was denying all seismic testing permits for oil exploration off the Atlantic Coast brought cheers from the business community, local governments, environmental organizations and citizen groups. The permit […]