As the public comment period for the draft offshore drilling plan comes to a close on March 9th and the BOEM public listening sessions wrap up, we wanted to share some new content and some sample social media posts in case it’s helpful for driving last minute comments.
SELC created a short animation to show how the infrastructure associated with offshore drilling would impact our tourism economies. You can share via Facebook or Twitter (#protectourcoast).
Sample social language:
· Offshore drilling drives away tourism dollars. Only a few more days left to let officials know you don’t want to trade resorts for refineries. Submit your public comment by this Friday.
SELC has also launched an interactive new tool that explores the impacts of the proposed drilling plan for the Mid- and South Atlantic through scrolling story maps, showing what’s at stake for communities, key resources, economies, and quality of life along our coast, and how these factors overlap and interplay.
At the end of the scrolling story maps is an interactive map that includes all the data sets to allow users to explore specific data, areas and issues, and print their own maps. For example, if you wanted to share a map with a coastal legislator interested in community opposition and military impacts in your particular state, you can customize the layers and zoom in to highlight those datasets and print a copy.
Sample social language:
· Want to better understand the many factors and coastal impacts at stake as federal officials consider opening the Atlantic to offshore drilling? This new map puts it all in one place.
· From coastal opposition and habitat concerns to the impacts of drilling infrastructure, this map includes many of the reasons to protect our coast from offshore drilling. Check it out and submit your public comment by Friday.
· Use this interactive map to explore the economic and environmental risks of offshore drilling by clicking the boxes to display different information, zoom in to explore specific areas, and print your own map.
· Hashtag: #protectourcoast