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Facing South August 17, 2017 By Sue Sturgis Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has joined with the other governors of Southeastern states targeted for offshore drilling and said he opposes those plans — a critical move since federal law governing offshore oil and gas development gives special consideration to a governor’s position. On Thursday, Aug. […]

Richmond Times-Dispatch August 17, 2017 BY ROBERT ZULLO   Gov.  Terry McAuliffe, at various points in his political career an opponent and proponent of oil-and-gas drilling off Virginia’s coast, told the federal government Thursday that he opposes including Virginia waters in the new leasing program being assembled by President Donald Trump’s administration. “A primary concern

New Jersey Herald August 16, 2017 James M. O’Neill, Staff Writer President Trump advocates drilling offshore from Maine to Florida, but Gov. Christie is opposed, saying spills could harm Jersey Shore property and tourism James M. O’Neill/NorthJersey.com The Christie administration Wednesday issued a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s bid to open Atlantic Ocean waters to

Savannah Morning News Augusts 16, 2017 By Mary Landers For this round, local businesses are adding their voices to the list of those opposed. About 30 Georgia businesses have joined the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast. Not quite a year old, the South Carolina-based organization boasts the support of more than 41,000 business

Public News Service August 15, 2017 BEAUFORT, N.C. – Citizens have two more days to weigh in on restarting the process of offshore drilling on North Carolina’s coast. The Trump administration announced it was restarting the process of oil and gas leases earlier this year after the Obama administration put those ocean areas off limits

August 14, 2017 Public News Service By Dan Heyman RICHMOND, Va. — The public has until Thursday to comment on the first step towards a proposal that could open the Virginia coast to offshore drilling. The Trump administration may roll back an Obama-era plan to make much of the Atlantic coast off-limits to oil and

Florida Today August 6, 2017 By Frank Knapp Jr., Guest columnist President Trump has proclaimed that his administration is seeking “American energy dominance.” The reality is we’re already there. The United States produces more natural gas and oil than any other nation. We do import about 25 percent of our oil needs mostly from Canada

August 4, 2017 Times Colonist By The Canadian Press ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The first North Atlantic right whale to turn up dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence was a 10-year-old male, back on June 7. Researchers had spotted it just six weeks earlier in Cape Cod Bay, looking healthy. Another was a vital

August 2, 2017 Florida Today By Jim Waymer FORT PIERCE — Before D-Day hit Normandy, our heroes stormed the beaches here. Now, 75 years later, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is combing the beach and ocean for the bombs, rockets and other munitions left behind at the former Fort Pierce Naval Amphibious Training Base.

August 1, 2017 The Florida Times Union By: Ron Littlepage The wicked witch refuses to die. The Obama Administration pushed for seismic testing, a prerequisite for oil and gas drilling, in the Atlantic Ocean off the U.S. East Coast. That proposal stopped at Georgia and didn’t include Florida, but the harmful effects on sea life