Carolina Governors Team up in Push to Keep Offshore Drilling Ban in Place

Carolinas governors seek reaffirmed protection of coastlines

(The Center Square) – Citing $9.6 billion in gross domestic product, more than 125,000 jobs and some $3.8 billion in wages by their coastal economies, Govs. Josh Stein of North Carolina and Henry McMaster of South Carolina are seeking reaffirmed…

Carolina governors team up in push to keep offshore drilling ban in place

Carolina Governors Urge Trump Officials to Maintain Offshore Drilling Moratorium

The Governors of North and South Carolina have joined forces to advocate for maintaining the moratorium on offshore drilling along their states’ coastlines. North Carolina Governor Josh Stein and South...

NC, SC governors push to keep offshore lease moratorium

Social trail from the Ocracoke Campground to an ocean-facing beach. Photo: National Park Service The two Carolina governors are urging the Trump administration to maintain the moratorium on offshore drilling the president set during his first term, citing possible disruptions to the coastal economy from a disaster without the existing protection. Trump issued in September 2020 memoranda preventing leases for oil and gas drilling off the coast of…

Protecting the Grand Strand: Area leaders push to uphold offshore drilling ban

U.S. Rep. Russell Fry and other Horry County SC leaders oppose offshore drilling off the Myrtle Beach coast. Fry argues the economic and environmental significance of the Grand Strand, a vital tourism hub for the state, outweighs the potential benefits of offshore oil development in the region.

Gov. McMaster Calls for Continued Offshore Drilling Ban for South Carolina

Governor Henry McMaster has issued two letters to federal officials requesting that South Carolina remain protected from offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling. The letters follow the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) request for information and comments as it considers a new schedule for offshore oil and gas lease sales on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.