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Sea level rise could put thousands of Beaufort County homes at risk, study says

Hilton Head Island Packet June 20, 2018 By T. Michael Boddie And Alex Kincaid Thousands of Beaufort County property owners may want to tread lightly. A continued rise in sea level is expected to put coastal properties at risk of chronic flooding, not just by the end of the century, but in the next 30 […]

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Opinion: Feeling Confused by the New Tax Law’s Small Business Provision? You’re Not Alone.

Entrepreneur June 20, 2018 The IRS charges 5 percent interest on underpayments, so miscalculating a quarterly payment could have serious ramifications. But what if you don’t know what that quarterly payment should be? By Anne Zimmerman, Guest Writer, Founder and Owner, Zimmerman & Co. CPAs I’ve been a small business accountant for 30 years, long

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Opinion: Corporate Tax Cuts Are Unpopular With Voters

Inside Sources, June 20, 2018 Mason City Globe Gazette (IA), June 22, 2018 Dayton Daily News, June 25, 2018 The Progress-Index (VA), June 28, 2018 Palm Beach Post, July 2, 2018 by Frank Knapp Jr. This month, an NBC/WSJ poll of registered voters in swing congressional House districts found that a candidate’s support for the tax law

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New Sea Level Rise Report Looks At Local Economic Consequences

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 300,000 of today’s homes and

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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 is a certified women-owned small

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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 allow states to opt out

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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 materials. Approximate locations of munitions

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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 opposing offshore exploration and drilling

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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 contained conventional, chemical, and radioactive

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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. Department of Defense by the

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