FLOAT FOR THE COAST

against offshore drilling. 47 abc’s ashonti ford has the story. this year’s event is the celebration the victory track that’s what some delmarva residents are calling the decision against off-shore drilling in the atlantic. and it’s why residents from virginia maryland delaware and new jersey took to kayaks in dewey beach saturday. all part of the second annual float for the coast event. last year the obama administration unveiled plans that proposed drilling right offdelmarva’s coast, but this year, there was a shift. in march the obama administrationresci nded their plans to conduct off shore drilling and one of the pillars of that decision was based on the grass roots opposition generated by groups like assateaugue coastal trust and others up and down the coast track offshore drilling operations can create various forms of pollution that can have hurt both marine and other wildlife. a big concern since along the delmarva coast- an estimated 205,000 jobs and over 11.4 billion in gross domestic product rely on healthy ocean eco systems – mainly through fishing, tourism, and recreation. one of the things we saw over the past two years was local communities taking action to tell the decision makers in washington dc that offshore drilling is not something they want to see track certainly cause for celebration- and riding in support of the cause. we’re here today to celebrate our victory in the atlantic as far as off shore oil drilling it was super great when obama announced that that wouldn’t be happening track ashonti ford 47 abc currently, this organization is joined by other community members in their fight against seismic air guns. these machines are said to disrupt marine life by shooting loud blasts of compressed air through the water to get information about the oil and gas deposits. ocean city’s most popular