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Coastal Resources Commission Passes Resolution Opposing Offshore Drilling
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RALEIGH – The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission in April passed a resolution opposing offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling off North Carolina.
Citing impacts...
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...
Environmental advocates join hands at Wrightsville
About 40 environmental advocates lined up and joined hands near the water's edge at Wrightsville Beach May 21 for the annual Hands Across the...
Coastal advocates turn attention to seismic testing
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By Alexandra Golder
Intern
The federal government’s recent announcement that it won’t permit offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean through 2022 isn’t the end of the...
Environmental advocates cheer victories on Titan, offshore drilling while work on permitting rules continues
Local environmental advocates received welcome news on two fronts over the last week, first with the announcement that a controversial cement plant would not...
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...
