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…
COMMENTARY: The “scientific” effect of seismic testing is death
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…
Obama administration denies permits for seismic testing along S.C. coast
Charleston Post and Courier January 7, 2017 By Emma Dumain WASHINGTON — South Carolina environmentalists were disappointed last month when President Barack Obama excluded the state’s coastline from protection against offshore drilling. These same activists are now cheering the Obama administration’s denial Friday of six permits to perform seismic airgun testing,…
Seismic testing permits denied by Obama Administration
Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast 1717 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC 29201, 803-252-5733 For Immediate Release Date: January 6, 2017 From: Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) Contact: Frank Knapp, BAPAC Co-Founder and President/CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, 803-252-5733 (O), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Seismic testing permits denied…
Contact the White House Before Friday! Say NO to Seismic Testing
We only have a few more days to protect the Atlantic Coast from destructive exploration for oil, at least for a while. The Obama Administration has up to 6 seismic testing permits sitting in the Department of Interior waiting for approval. From Virginia to Florida this testing process would damage…
Ban seismic testing off S.C. coast
Charleston Post and Courier, December 25, 2016 The Sumter Item, December 29, 2016 Greenville News, December 30, 2016 By Frank Knapp Jr. This past week President Barack Obama had the opportunity to permanently protect our vibrant tourism, recreation and commercial fishing economies of the entire Atlantic Coast from offshore oil…
Editorial: Offshore drilling fight is still on
Charleston Post and Courier December 23, 2016 Despite a major victory in November, the fight against drilling for oil off South Carolina’s coast isn’t over yet. President Barack Obama used his executive power Tuesday to invoke a rarely used 1953 law to ban oil exploration indefinitely from parts of the…
Drilling ban stops short of S.C. coast
Coastal Observer December 21, 2016 By Jason Lesley Opponents of oil and gas development off the South Carolina coast say they are deeply disappointed in not being included in President Obama’s permanent ban of drilling in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans announced this week. The action in the Atlantic includes…
Obama Bans Future Oil Leases in Much of the Arctic and Atlantic
CBS News Time The Denver Post US News & World Report December 20, 2016 Kevin Freking / AP HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil…
Obama’s permanent offshore drilling protection in Atlantic doesn’t extend to SC
Beaufort Gazette December 20, 2016 By Stephen Fastenau President Barack Obama permanently protected part of the Atlantic Ocean from offshore drilling on Tuesday, but the limited scope of the ban miffed longtime drilling opponents in South Carolina. Obama withdrew about 3.8 million acres of the Atlantic from the possibility of…