The Union of Concerned Scientists is out with a new report: Underwater: Rising Seas, Chronic Floods, and the Implications for US Coastal Real Estate. The highly detailed and interactive report warns that: …sea level rise, driven primarily by climate change and even absent heavy rains or storms, puts more than…
SC Small Business Chamber announces new board members
South Carolina’s leading small business organization has announced two new members on its Board of Directors. Heather Eason is the founder and CEO of Select Power Systems, LLC, a full-service engineering firm serving utilities, commercial and industrial facilities, alternative energy, government entities, and supports larger engineering firms. Select Power Systems…
GOP oil-drilling “ransom” calls into question real purpose of expanding offshore drilling
By Frank Knapp Jr. President Trump has defended his desire to open all the country’s federal offshore waters to drilling for oil by saying that the United State must have energy dominance over all other nations. But a recent Republican proposal in the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources would…
SC Group Seeks Data on Offshore Dumping
Coastal Review Online April 10, 2018 by Staff Report COLUMBIA, S.C.— The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Department of Defense seeking information on ammunition dumps in the Atlantic Ocean that contain conventional, chemical and radioactive weapons and…
City of Greenville passes resolution opposing offshore drilling and exploration for oil
Big news from South Carolina. The City of Greenville sits 213 miles from Charleston and 248 miles from Myrtle Beach. But that doesn’t mean that its city council doesn’t care about the economic and environmental health of the state’s coast. Last night the Greenville City Council unanimously passed a resolution…
Business Group Investigates Radioactive Weapon Dumps
Inside Sources April 9, 2018 by Connor D. Wolf The U.S. Department of Defense was asked by a business group Monday to reveal the locations of chemical and radioactive dump sites in the Atlantic. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) is seeking information regarding munition dumps that allegedly…
FOIA requests filed for info on ammunition and radioactive waste-dump sites off Atlantic Coast. Seismic testing resulting in toxic chemicals on beaches a big concern.
Date: April 9, 2018 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Info on munitions and radioactive waste dump sites in the Atlantic sought Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org James Barton, 757-572-7750 Columbia, SC—Today a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was filed with the U.S.…
FOIA Requests Regarding Seismic Testing Permits
FOIA Request to Department of Defense 4-9-18: This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce is requesting copies of all reports and records containing the following information on munition deposits (conventional, chemical and radioactive) in the state and federal waters…
Letter: Pro-drilling US Rep Jeff Duncan is waging a war on God’s creation
The State April 9, 2018 Columbia, SC U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan claims that drilling for oil is part of a creator’s grand design. I believe there is a creator and we are called to be good stewards of God’s creation. Searching for and burning fossil fuel damages God’s good creation.…
Overwhelming opposition to drilling working on Interior. Same is needed NOW for seismic testing.
Associated Press April 6, 2018 Interior secretary: ‘Opposition’ to offshore drill plan By WAYNE PARRY PLAINSBORO, N.J. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Friday acknowledged there is “a lot of opposition” to President Donald Trump’s plan to open most of the nation’s coastline to oil and gas drilling. Speaking…