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Governor Roy Cooper today offered the following comment in response to WesternGeco’s decision to withdraw its permit application for seismic testing Thursday.
Published: Sunday, September 13th, 2020 @ 10:44 pm
By: Governor's Office
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State asks for court to reinstate North Carolina’s decision to reject consistency certification
Published: Saturday, August 29th, 2020 @ 11:34 am
By: Governor's Office
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Following last month's announcement that the Trump Administration authorized airgun use in waters off the East Coast, Governor Roy Cooper and a group of bipartisan governors today urged Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to prohibit harmful seismic testing and offshore
Published: Friday, December 21st, 2018 @ 1:24 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor's Office spokesman Ford Porter issued the following statement on NOAA's decision to grant incidental harassment authorizations to companies, a step toward opening the Atlantic Coast to seismic testing
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 @ 8:37 pm
By: Governor's Office
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In a meeting with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today on offshore drilling and seismic testing, Governor Cooper underscored North Carolina's opposition to both
Published: Monday, February 5th, 2018 @ 11:03 am
By: Governor's Office
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Following an announcement late yesterday that the Trump Administration will exempt Florida from its plan to open Atlantic and Pacific coastal waters to offshore drilling, Governor Cooper today urged Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke to grant an exemption for North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, January 10th, 2018 @ 9:13 pm
By: Governor's Office
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