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outer banks says no thanks to oil drilling

Mickey Baker, rocking the sign of the ages. Photo: Outer Banks Voice

If you love Outer Banks beaches, you probably don’t want to see them covered in oil. Neither do we. It’s been more than 20 years since my last anti-offshore oil drilling rally, so I was happy to see hundreds of people, including old friends from Ocracoke, turn up for the rally organized by the Outer Banks chapter… Continue reading outer banks says no thanks to oil drilling

is a wind farm in the future for obx?

photo courtesy jennette's pier

The idea of a wind farm off the shores of the Outer Banks makes some folks cheer and others jeer. Either way, people are looking for answers. The North Beach Sun‘s Kip Tabb attended a recent public hearing on the Kitty Hawk Wind Energy Area the Hilton Garden Inn in Kitty Hawk and we found a lot of good information… Continue reading is a wind farm in the future for obx?