The controversy over seismic testing has come to the Cape Fear region, with Kure Beach's mayor writing a letter in support and the Carolina Beach Town Council voting recently to oppose it.

A federal agency has approved a plan to conduct seismic testing off the New Jersey coast, despite opponents’ fears it could harm marine life and disrupt the state’s fishing industry. The National ...

Seismic testing using vibe trucks -- or thumper trucks -- does not require a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection permit, officials said. “If (Seitel is) using thumper trucks — they don ...

If companies are allowed to use seismic airgun testing to search for and study oil and gas deposits in the Atlantic Ocean, 138,500 whales and dolphins will be harmed or killed — and that’s according ...

The conversation about offshore drilling has intensified after the Trump Administration appeared to give initial approval for seismic testing in the Atlantic. The seismic blasts would map the sea ...

There’s a lot of oil and gas on Earth, but only 450 right whales. Now, the Trump Administration has signaled that it is more interested in opening up more oil and gas deposits for corporations than it ...

GREENBELT, Md.— NRDC and partner groups Healthy Gulf, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Surfrider Foundation sued the National Marine Fisheries Service ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — In Tom McCall Waterfront Park on the northwest side of the Burnside Bridge, engineers began drilling a 125-foot test shaft as part of crucial seismic testing for Portland's earthquake ...