The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) and four co-sponsors will be holding town halls across much of the state to engage the public on the possible sale of Santee Cooper, the state’s financially-troubled agency that provides electricity to much of the state. The next town hall will…
Savannah Morning News April 3, 2019 By Savannah Morning News U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) on Wednesday requested that Georgia be excluded from offshore energy plans until the concerns of the legislature are addressed. This comes after the Georgia House of Representatives passed a resolution opposing offshore energy exploration. Resolutions…
Post and Courier April 3, 2019 By Seanna Adcox COLUMBIA — Legislators maintain control of any potential sale of South Carolina’s only state-owned utility and would decide one way or another by year’s end under a bill the House approved Wednesday. “The problem we have now is Santee Cooper is paralyzed”…
Lexington County Chronicle April 4, 2019 by Jerry Bellune We were wrong. We reported earlier that debt-ridden Santee Cooper has been paying an investment banker $150,000 a month for advice. Santee Cooper officials have admitted to senators that they have actually been paying $250,000 a month for at least 4…
Lexington County Chronicle April 4, 2019 By Jerry Bellune 3 retired SCANA executives will be tried for hiding a $9 billion nuclear fiasco. Federal Judge Margaret Seymour ruled enough evidence exists to show a jury the executives deliberately concealed from investors the failing status of their nuclear power plant, The…
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin testified before the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change at its hearing this morning on how state and local leaders are responding to the climate crisis in the wake of President Trump’s intent to withdraw from the Paris Climate…
The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) and four co-sponsors will be holding town halls across much of the state to engage the public on the possible sale of Santee Cooper, the state’s financially-troubled agency that provides electricity to much of the state. The first town hall will…
2018 saw the Trump Administration start trade wars with other nations, principally with China, under the premise that the U.S. trade deficit was too large. China is also accused of forcing U.S. companies to transfer their technology to the Chinese in order to do business in that country. China is…
This week the South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP) filed a response to objections to our motion for a preliminary injunction in our court case on the Incidental Harassment Authorizations (IHAs) issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The IHAs are the final step before the Bureau of Ocean…
Ask SC Representatives Rice and Wilson to sign onto “Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act” March 27, 2019 South Carolina Representatives Tom Rice and Joe Wilson have taken public positions that would lead to the prohibition of offshore exploration and drilling for oil along the South Carolina coast. They need…