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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...
Environmental groups tour Carolina coast to oppose seismic testing
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By Katie Dickens
Intern
Volunteers from environmental groups Oceana, Surfrider Foundation and Environment North Carolina campaigned in Topsail Beach and Kure Beach this week to encourage...
Hands Across the Sand this Saturday at Wrightsville
This Saturday, May 21, people on Wrightsville Beach and 13 other beaches along North Carolina’s coast will line up by the water’s edge and...
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...
Kure Beach council votes to oppose offshore drilling, seismic testing
Jan. 19, Kure Beach became the 100th municipality to adopt a resolution opposing offshore drilling and seismic air gun testing after a unanimous vote...
Wilmington City Council unanimously approves resolution to oppose offshore drilling, seismic testing
The Wilmington City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing offshore drilling and seismic testing off the North Carolina coast during its Tuesday, July 21...
Kure Beach officials say seismic testing is federal issue
Kure Beach voted 3-2 against taking a similar position to Wrightsville and Carolina beaches by rejecting a resolution opposing seismic airgun testing, arguing the...