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What’s Out There?
The federal government estimates the amount of recoverable oil in the Atlantic at about 4.7 billion barrels. Natural gas stands at 37.5 trillion cubic feet. The truth? Nobody really knows. The latest...
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Oil: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
All the geological ingredients may be there under the roiling waters off Cape Hatteras for the makings of one of the largest natural gas fields in America. At least, that’s what geologists for Mobil...
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Poll: Drilling Foes Edge Out Supporters
Opponents of offshore drilling edged out supporters among the North Carolinians who would likely be most affected by drilling for oil and natural gas off the state’s coast, according to the results of...
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Coastal Review Gets Conservation Award
One of the many pleasant amenities of living on the coast is that suits are rarely required for anything. But somewhere in the back of a closet I have one. A pretty nice suit, too, if I recollect...
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Lake Mattamuskeet Plan Ruffles Feathers
RALEIGH– A plan approved today that will allow the state to collaborate with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the management of Lake Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in Hyde County has...
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Editor’s Desk: One Story Ends, Another Begins
There’s a new guy in charge here at Coastal Review Online. Mark Hibbs, a longtime community journalist and CRO’s assistant editor since June 2015, takes the helm today as I prepare for my retirement...
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Remembering Lena, Voice of Stump Sound
HOLLY RIDGE – Lena Ritter, the indomitable fisherman who fought developers to save an island and a way of life and in the process became the eloquent voice of Stump Sound, died Monday of cancer. Her...
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Our Coast’s History: North Carolina’s First Fish
A fishing crew led by Elbert Guthrie hauls in mullets onto Cedar Point Beach in the 1950s. Photo courtesy: The Robert Lee Smith Family Collection, Swansboro Historical Association. Reprinted from the...
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Analysis: A Cry for a Life Preserver
The flooding predicted by the report coincides with this map produced by scientists from East Carolina University. Inland flooding from normal high tides would be particularly acute from eastern...
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Building for Change vs. the Price of Inaction
The home Russell King and his nephew Lebron Lackey had built to withstand 250-mph winds in Mexico Beach, Florida, Oct. 14. When The New York Times published an analysis of aerial images showing a...
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