Secretary of Interior to Pause New Oil and Gas Leases on Public Lands
On Jan. 27, President Biden signed an Executive Order that directs the Secretary of the Interior to pause new oil and natural gas leases on public lands and offshore waters…
Updates on Offshore Drilling and Seismic Testing
Offshore Drilling Moratorium Expanded to NC President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum on Sep. 25 that expanded an offshore drilling moratorium to the waters off the coast of North Carolina.…
Offshore Drilling Moratorium Requested for NC
Senator Tillis issued a news release on Monday, September 21 announcing that “North Carolina will be included in a Presidential Memorandum withdrawing new leasing for offshore oil and gas developments…
NC Absent from Expanded Offshore Drilling Moratorium
Just after Labor Day, President Trump extended a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in a portion of the Central and most of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and expanded…
Seismic Survey Objections
There is no doubt that seismic blasting to explore for oil and gas off our coast will have negative effects on fish and marine mammals and will limit public access…
Seismic update: judge denies motion to dismiss seismic lawsuits
Environmental groups opposing offshore oil and gas prevail for now. The legal challenge against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will continue in U.S. District Court in South Carolina after…
House votes to protect U.S. coasts from offshore drilling
The U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of two bills that would prevent new offshore drilling from occurring off the Atlantic, Pacific and Florida Gulf Coast. First, the House…
Program release postponed, but the fight against offshore oil continues
The release of the 2019-2024 Proposed National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program has been postponed indefinitely according to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. Bernhardt explained in an interview…
Federation and partners remain vigilant against offshore oil
The release of the 2019-2024 Proposed National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program has been anticipated since January, and the pages of the monthly calendar have turned over…
April Offshore Oil and Gas Activity Update
On March 29, Judge Gleason of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska overturned President Trump’s push to open up 128 million acres in Arctic and Atlantic waters…
Federation attends meeting about the proposed seismic surveying and oil and gas exploration
The League of Women Voters of Dare County hosted a public meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 27 to discuss the current activity associated with seismic surveys and the development of the…
Two alerts about offshore oil
The North Carolina Coastal Federation and partner organizations filed a motion for a preliminary injunction on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2019 to block seismic surveys from beginning in the Atlantic Outer…
Groups seek court order blocking Atlantic seismic blasting
Press release via Oceana CHARLESTON, SC – A group of conservation organizations today asked a federal judge to block the start of harmful seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean,…
Groups sue feds to stop seismic airgun blasting in Atlantic Ocean
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Leading environmental groups sued the federal government today to prevent seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean. This extremely loud and dangerous process, which is used to search for…
Recent authorizations related to seismic testing can negatively impact marine life in North Carolina
On Nov. 30, 2018 the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) granted incidental harassment authorizations (IHAs) to five companies that submitted applications to conduct geophysical surveys along the Atlantic Outer Continental…
Federation opposes Well Control Rule change
The North Carolina Coastal Federation recently signed on to a comment letter written by the Southern Environmental Law Center in opposition to the proposed Well Control Rule changes. The Well…
A resounding no to offshore oil drilling
submit your comment by march 9 The federal government wouldn’t go to the coast for a public meeting — so the people who live on the coast came to them.…
“Rally to Raleigh” to Oppose Offshore Oil and Gas Off of Our Coast
“Rally to Raleigh” to Oppose Offshore Oil and Gas Off of Our Coast Buses will be leaving from Wilmington, Morehead City and Nags Head to bring coastal residents to the…