offshore oil exploration and drilling

Sign Letter to Rep. Rice and Mace in support of COAST Anti-Drilling Act

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  It’s time to permanently ban offshore drilling for oil in the Atlantic. We have been successful in our efforts to block exploratory seismic airgun blasting, the preliminary process before drilling. But now we need to finish the job. Businesses are encouraged to sign this letter asking South Carolina Representatives Tom Rice and Nancy Mace, […]

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Biden keeps word on offshore oil drilling

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Blog by Frank Knapp, Jr., President & CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce January 23, 2021 President Joe Biden has taken quick action on climate change including his commitment to ban all new oil drilling on public lands and waters on his first day in office. The South Carolina Small Business

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GOP House leader reveals post-election offshore drilling game plan

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Blog by Frank Knapp Jr., President & CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce November 1, 2020 Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA), the minority leader in the US House, has said out loud what I have been warning about since President Trump’s September 8th Executive Order declaring a 10-year moratorium on offshore drilling

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Offshore oils’ deadly secret exposed! Special Event –  October 25th at 8 pm Easter.

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THE COST OF  SILENCE The Cost of Silence – Nominated Best Documentary Film – Sundance 2020. Secretly filmed over nine years, an oil industry insider exposes the devastating consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil-spill and uncovers a growing public health disaster and the coordination between government and industry to silence the victims. Special Online Streaming

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SC coastal towns celebrate after judge dismisses lawsuit on seismic testing permits

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ABC News 4 (Charleston) October 6, 2020 By Tony Fortier-Bensen South Carolina coastal towns and conservation groups are celebrating after a judge dropped a lawsuit on seismic testing permits in the Atlantic. On Tuesday, SC Attorney General Alan Wilson and the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce held a press conference to announce that a

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Offshore drillers lose another battle

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Lexington County Chronicle October 6, 2020 Coastal South Carolina fans appear to have won a temporary battle against offshore drilling. US Judge Richard Gergel dismissed a lawsuit because, he said, drilling permits expire next month and cannot be extended. SC Attorney General Alan Wilson and SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce CEO Frank Knapp applauded the federal

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Opinion: The battle to prevent offshore oil drilling in South Carolina is not over

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The Myrtle Beach Sun News The Hilton Head Island Packet October 7, 2020 By Frank Knapp Jr. There will be no seismic airgun blasting — the destructive offshore oil exploration process — in the Atlantic. For now. A federal judge has ruled on a lawsuit brought by the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce

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SC Attorney General & SC Small Business Chamber press conference on successful Federal lawsuit to stop offshore oil exploration

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Columbia, SC, October 6, 2020—Today S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson and the President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce held a press conference regarding the Federal Court ruling this morning on seismic testing permits.  Those permits, issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce, were the next to the final step

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Seismic testing dead for 2020, removing potential SC offshore oil search for now

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The Post and Courier October 2, 2020 By Chloe Johnson A lawsuit contesting permits for companies to search for oil and gas off the coast of South Carolina is drawing to a close as the federal government says there’s no way to extend the permits in the short term. The suit — really two combined cases

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Trump’s SC offshore drilling moratorium doesn’t stop seismic testing, feds say in lawsuit

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Post and Courier September 22, 2020 By Chloe Johnson The federal government said in a court filing Monday that a new Trump administration ban on oil drilling off the south Atlantic coast doesn’t stop companies from requesting to search for oil in those waters. The case involves two consolidated lawsuits challenging permits issued by the

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