At an informational meeting held at Jennette’s Pier Wednesday night, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) explained the next steps in developing the wind energy of the Atlantic Ocean. Five years after the...
What if the Federal Government offered wind energy leases and no one bid? The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the Kitty Hawk Wind Energy Area (WEA) would be opening for bids in...
With a brisk north wind turning the wind turbines that help power Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, the Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce hosted an Energy Forum Luncheon on Thursday. Sponsored by SAGA Construction...
With a Monday visit from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) at the Kill Devil Hills Ramada Inn, the first phase in the in the permitting process to explore for offshore oil and gas...
By a unanimous vote the Dare County Commissioners passed a resolution opposing offshore drilling for oil and gas off the North Carolina coast. If there was a surprise in the vote, it was...
By Kip Tabb – As opposition to the proposed leasing of oil sites off the North Carolina coast grows, Outer Banks organizations and residents are finding their voice. At a press conference sponsored by...
By Kip Tabb One of the Issues that came up during the Wednesday meeting in Nags Head sponsored by Not the Answer NC was whether seismic surveying could start immediately—or if not immediately, this...
By Kip Tabb – Held in a private residence in Nags Head on Wednesday evening, Not the Answer NC gathered concerned residents to discuss the upcoming Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) scoping meeting scheduled...
With the announcement that the Federal Government was opening the offshore waters of North Carolina to oil and gas exploration, concerns—and fears—about the environmental impacts oil or gas wells could have, have boiled...
By Kip Tabb If the original assessment of the Kitty Hawk Wind Energy Area (WEA) by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) had not been changed the field would have been the largest...
