nc coastal federation

August 14, 2015 - Southern governors, working in concert with energy industry lobbyists, are pressing the Obama administration to open ocean waters off the East Coast from Virginia to Georgia to oil and gas development. But a burgeoning grassroots movement bringing together environmentalists, business leaders and coastal residents is gaining momentum as it fights to block drilling in the Atlantic.

March 1, 1986 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 14 No. 2, "Water Politics." Find more from that issue here.