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State coastal agency accepting comments on seismic testing related to offshore oil and gas development
The N.C. Division of Coastal Management is accepting public comment on a request for review of a federal consistency submission from a fifth company...
Annual Hands Across the Sand returns to Wrightsville Beach amid renewed threat of offshore oil drilling
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By Daja Terry
Intern
With the backdrop of the renewed threat of federal approval of offshore oil drilling and seismic blasting off North Carolina shores, local...
Coastal Federation offering shuttles for Raleigh offshore drilling public hearing
Local advocates say meeting should be close to coast
By Mel Beasley
Intern
As North Carolina state officials seek to block oil drilling operations off the state’s...
Cooper vows fight over offshore drilling in Wrightsville Beach
By Mel Beasley
Intern
North Carolina will seek legal action against the federal government if the state does not receive the same exemption from the offshore...
Cooper to urge White House to exempt North Carolina from offshore drilling at Monday Wrightsville Beach event
By Mel Beasley
Intern
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper will use Wrightsville Beach as a backdrop for a press event this Monday opposing the White House’s...
BREAKING: No NC offshore drilling in latest Interior Department plan
Local voices opposing oil and gas drilling off of North Carolina’s coast were apparently heard in Washington as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior...
Pros and cons, facts and feelings, weighed during offshore oil and gas meeting
At first, only one or two of the 150 people clustered inside a meeting room at the Blockade Runner Beach Resort answered a question...
Governor’s offer to share offshore drilling profits challenged
Protestors again greeted Gov. Pat McCrory during an Oct. 22 stop in Wilmington.
McCrory was invited to the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission meeting at the Hilton...