Kallanish Energy February 22, 2019 A coalition of conservation groups has asked a federal judge to block the start of seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean until the case can be fully heard in court, Kallanish Energy reports. The request was filed on Wednesday in Charleston, South Carolina. The case was assigned to U.S. …
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Post and Courier March 2, 2019 By Bo Petersen The March 1 deadline arrived Friday that federal regulators told a judge would be the earliest that permits could be issued to allow blast-testing for oil and natural gas reserves in the Atlantic, including off South Carolina. The Trump administration earlier gave the go-ahead for the …
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Coastal Review Online March 1, 2019 by Staff Report GEORGETOWN, S.C. — A nonprofit environmental law firm representing 16 South Carolina coastal communities and small businesses filed this week a motion for a preliminary injunction in federal court asserting that seismic exploration for offshore oil and gas will cause irreparable harm and is contrary to …
E&E News March 1, 2019 By Jeremy P. Jacobs South Carolina today asked a federal court to immediately block the Trump administration’s plan to spur oil and gas exploration off the Eastern Seaboard. The state filed a motion seeking an immediate injunction in its case challenging the administration’s offshore plan, arguing that permits for seismic …
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March 1, 2019 (COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson today filed a motion in federal court asking for a preliminary injunction to block possible offshore testing, permits for which could be issued as early as today, with testing beginning 30 days later. The motion is in support of a lawsuit he joined …
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South Carolina Environmental Law Project February 28, 2019 The South Carolina Environmental Law Project is escalating its opposition of seismic airgun testing that could cause irreparable environmental and economic consequences to our coast. Today SCELP, on behalf of sixteen South Carolina coastal communities and small businesses, is heightening efforts to prevent seismic airgun surveying that …
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(From Beaufort, SC, Mayor Billy Keyserling’s Newsletter) 16 SC Cities and Towns, of which Beaufort was the first to sign up, are in Federal District Court in Charleston opposing permits issued to allow seismic testing. The Cities and Towns are joined in the suit by hundreds of small businesses, led by the SC Small Business …
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