Nine members of the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast met with 22 Congressional offices on March 30th and 31st. Our Hill Day volunteers came from Maine to Florida and represented the hospitality, fishing, investment and general business community (see below for a list of BAPAC participants). The elected…
Permanent Protection of Atlantic—Make it happen
This is our last chance to make permanent protection of the Atlantic from offshore oil drilling a reality. We made the in-person pitches last month in Washington with our first sign-on letter. Now we understand that our request is seriously being considered by the Obama administration to take this unusual (but legal) action. We just need one more big push.…
A great week of fighting offshore drilling
The below letter was sent to all the businesses and business organizations that signed a letter to President Obama calling for no seismic testing or offshore drilling along the Atlantic Coast. As a member/supporter of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber, which co-founded the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic…
Call for a permanent ban on Atlantic Coast offshore drilling getting stronger. Watch this video.
“President Obama, it’s time to protect our Atlantic Coast from offshore drilling forever.” That was the powerful message delivered to the Administration on Monday by the Business Alliance for Protecting (BAPAC) the Atlantic Coast, which the South Carolina Small Business Chamber co-founded this past September. Billionaire Tom Steyer joined the…
As Trump takeover nears, Obama asked to take stronger steps against Atlantic drilling
The Virginia-Pilot November 16, 2016 By Dave Mayfield Facing a new president who has said he favors opening the East Coast to oil and gas exploration, some environmental groups are pressing President Barack Obama to declare the waters off Virginia and other Atlantic states permanently off-limits to drilling before he…
Business Group Calls For Atlantic Seismic Ban
Coastal Review 11/17/2016 by Mark Hibbs MOREHEAD CITY — A group of business leaders representing interests up and down the East Coast, including chambers of commerce, restaurant associations, commercial fishing groups and real estate organizations, are urging President Obama to use a provision of federal law to try and permanently…
Offshore Drilling Bribe Rejected….THANKS!
Thanks to all who contacted Sen. Graham about today’s vote in the Senate to bribe South Carolina and other Atlantic Coast states to get their support for offshore drilling. While Senator Graham did vote to move S.3110 forward, the bill failed to get the 60 votes it needed to stay…
ACTION ALERT! Bribe Vote on Offshore Drilling Set In U.S. Senate today. Call Sen. Graham to vote no.
South Carolina local coastal governments, businesses and citizens overwhelmingly oppose drilling off the Atlantic Coast for oil. So the oil companies and their supporters in Congress want to bribe states like South Carolina to agree to allow offshore drilling by giving them a small cut of revenues from any future…
Press Release: Atlantic Coast Business Leaders Meet with Obama Administration on Opposition to Seismic Testing for Offshore Oil and Gas
Over 12,000 businesses seek protection for local coastal economies Washington, DC—A delegation from the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) meet today with Administration officials who will decide the future of oil and gas exploration that will effect local economies along the Atlantic seaboard. Over 12,000 businesses and…
As Trump administration looms, advocates seek Atlantic drilling ban
Southeast Energy News November 11, 2016 BY Elizabeth Ouzts In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, coastal advocates and businesses are wasting no time in their quest for a permanent ban on offshore drilling along the Eastern Seaboard. Members of a newly formed alliance representing more than 12,000 businesses along the…