The Wall Street Journal November 29, 2019 Shift in sentiment waylays Trump administration push for oil drilling off Southeast coast By Timothy Puko and Andrew Duehren CHARLESTON, S.C.—The wake from Chip Campsen’s fishing boat has rippled all the way from the South Carolina coast to the White House. Mr. Campsen…
Solar, wind and hydro power could soon surpass coal
CNN Business November 26, 2019 By Matt Egan, CNN Business Coal, long the king of America’s electric grid, will soon get toppled by renewable energy. Solar and wind power are growing so rapidly that for the first time ever, the United States will likely get more power in 2021 from…
National parks and offshore oil
In June of 2017, then Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke told the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that maintenance and repair revenues for our national parks was woefully inadequate. Zinke blamed a significant drop in federal royalty revenue from offshore oil drilling as the reason. These revenues…
Buttigieg Commits to Day One Action Plan to Ban Offshore Drilling
PRESS RELEASE Date: November 5, 2019 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Buttigieg Commits to Day One Action Plan on Offshore Drilling Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org All top Democratic candidates now onboard Columbia, SC—Mayor Pete Buttigieg yesterday signaled his commitment…
Americans would rather reduce oil and gas exploration than ‘drill, baby, drill’
The Washington Post October 25, 2019 A new poll finds that a clear majority of Americans say oil and natural gas drilling should be curtailed or maintained at current level. But opinions were divided along partisan lines. By Darryl Fears and Scott Clement A large majority of Americans say drilling for…
Environmental & Energy Conference in Georgetown October 25 & 26
The Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce is holding an Environmental & Energy Conference this Friday and Saturday in Georgetown. The event will feature workshops, panel discussions and interactive booths/vendors. “Our natural environment and the sustenance it provides are vital parts of the Gullah Geechee culture,” states Marilyn Hemingway, CEO/President of…
Bank Regulators Present a Dire Warning of Financial Risks From Climate Change
New York Times October 17, 2019 By Christopher Flavelle WASHINGTON — Home values could fall significantly. Banks could stop lending to flood-prone communities. Towns could lose the tax money they need to build sea walls and other protections. These are a few of the warnings published on Thursday by the…
Opinion: Can Santee Cooper make its plan work?
Lexington County Chronicle October 17, 2019 By Frank Knapp Jr. Special to the Chronicle Santee Cooper hopes a proposed reform plan will convince the legislature that it deserves another chance. That’s despite its poor management of a failed nuclear project that sunk it $4 billion into debt. Essentially, the plan…
Klobuchar, Yang, Steyer, Castro, Gabbard, Buttigieg Failing Litmus Test
PRESS RELEASE Date: October 7, 2019 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Klobuchar, Yang, Steyer, Castro, Gabbard, Buttigieg Failing Litmus Test Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Six Democratic presidential candidates asked for Day One commitment Columbia, SC—On October 15th twelve candidates will participate…
Opinion: Opposing offshore drilling should not be conditional
Hilton Head Island Packet October 4, 2019 By Frank Knapp Jr. Special to The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette Coastal voters strongly want to protect our shore from offshore oil drilling and the inevitable spills and leaks that would devastate our marine life and coastal tourism, commercial fishing and…