To catch up on Ocracoker news, click here By Connie Leinbach and Peter Vankevich The Hyde County Commissioners March 5 unanimously passed a resolution to oppose oil drilling off the Atlantic coast. See […]
Editor’s note: Michael Regan, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, visited Hyde County on Tuesday and listened to comments from Ocracoke regarding off-shore oil drilling and seismic testing. Regan was […]
Michael Regan, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, will be in the Hyde County Government Center Tuesday (Feb. 20) from 2 to 4 p.m. to receive public comments on off-shore […]
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper last week met with Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and voiced North Carolina’s opposition to offshore drilling and seismic testing, emphasizing the threat to coastal economies […]
Editor’s note: contact information is listed at end of article. By Peter Vankevich With gas and oil drilling off the North Carolina coast back on the table, the Ocracoke Observer asked elected […]
For Ocracoke news, click here RALEIGH–Gov. Roy Cooper and the Department of Environmental Quality submitted formal comments yesterday to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to convey North Carolina’s opposition to oil and […]
By Connie Leinbach Mickey Baker is happy that she can put away her “no offshore drilling” stickers, signs and T-shirts for another five years. The U.S. Department of the Interior on March […]
COASTAL REVIEW ONLINE staff report Reprinted by permission from http://www.coastalreview.org An outpouring of opposition from coastal communities was a significant factor in federal officials’ decision announced today to withdraw plans to permit drilling for oil […]
