Florence Morning News September 13, 2019 By Frank Knapp Jr. Guest Columnist Santee Santee Cooper’s recent fight with S.C. Sen. Hugh K. Leatherman Sr., other legislative leaders and the S.C. Department of Administration regarding the public utility’s “secret negotiations” with two private utilities has come to an end. Under the…
Report: Close Santee Cooper coal plants to save money
A nationally-leading firm Synapse Energy Economics recently conducted a study on Santee Cooper’s options for generating power in the future, with the goal of determining which path would be cheapest for customers. Conclusion: the cheapest plan is to shut down Santee Cooper’s expensive coal plants starting as soon as possible,…
U.S. House passes ban on offshore drilling in the Atlantic. No SC GOP Representative supported the bill
September 12, 2019 The US House passed H.R. 1941 yesterday. The bill was sponsored by South Carolina Representative Joe Cunningham and bans offshore drilling for oil in the Atlantic, Pacific and the Straits of Florida. The bill now goes to the GOP controlled Senate where it will likely die without…
ACTION ALERT!!! U.S House to vote on banning Offshore Oil Drilling this week. Call S.C. Representatives NOW!
September 9, 2019 As early as tomorrow the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a bill, sponsored by South Carolina’s Joe Cunningham, to prohibit the leasing of federal waters for offshore oil drilling along the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and in the Straits of Florida. It is critical that…
Kamala Harris Onboard with Day One Action Plan on Offshore Drilling. Litmus test campaign picking up speed.
PRESS RELEASE Date: September 5, 2019 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Kamala Harris Onboard with Day One Action Plan on Offshore Drilling Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC—With Hurricane Dorian demonstrating the destructive fury awaiting any oil drilling rigs that the…
Thanks Booker campaign
A big THANK YOU to the Cory Booker campaign for including comments from the SC Small Business Chamber in its press release today (see below). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2019 Cory Booker Releases Historic Climate and Environmental Justice Plan That Would Directly Impact South Carolina Columbia, SC — Today, Cory…
Sanders Calls for Day One Action Plan on Offshore Drilling. Three other candidates fall just short of litmus test.
PRESS RELEASE Date: September 4, 2019 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Sanders Calls For Day One Action Plan on Offshore Drilling Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC—Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has recently released an extensive plan to move the nation…
Thanks Governor Jay Inslee
Tonight Jay Inslee, Governor of the State of Washington, ended his campaign to become the Democratic Presidential nominee. I had the opportunity to meet and talk with Governor Inslee back in June when he was in Columbia. He is an impressive politician with an outstanding record of success as an…
SC communities ask state to reconsider decisions that cleared way for oil exploration
Hilton Head Island Packet August 7, 2019 By Stephen Fastenau We asked these Lowcountry residents for their opinion on offshore drilling at a forum on the subject sponsored by the League of Women Voters and Coastal Conservation League at the Hilton Head Library on Feb. 1. Here’s what they had…
SC anti-drilling group calls on DHEC to pull back seismic permit approvals
Post and Courier August 6, 2019 By Bo Petersen Don’t allow three companies to conduct seismic blast testing offshore, an environmental group is telling state regulators. The South Carolina Environmental Law Project urged the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control to work with federal regulators to reconsider approvals given…