Climate / Energy

As Trump administration looms, advocates seek Atlantic drilling ban

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Southeast Energy News November 11, 2016 BY  Elizabeth Ouzts  In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, coastal advocates and businesses are wasting no time in their quest for a permanent ban on offshore drilling along the Eastern Seaboard. Members of a newly formed alliance representing more than 12,000 businesses along the Atlantic Coast will travel to the […]

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SCE&G gets another 2.66% rate hike

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Public hearing to be held Nov. 29, 10:30AM, 403 Blatt Building, Columbia, SC Your SCE&G electricity rates are going up once again to pay for the construction financing costs for the company’s new nuclear plants. This rate hike was approved by the SC Public Service Commission on October 19th. Since 2009 SCE&G has been approved for 9 of

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Business Leaders Unite in Opposing Seismic Airgun Testing along the Atlantic Coast

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For Immediate Release Date:                October 27, 2016 From:              Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast Contact:          Frank Knapp, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, 803-252-5733 (O),  803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Business Leaders Unite in Opposing Seismic Airgun Testing along the Atlantic Coast From Maine to Florida—thousands of business interests ask President Obama to protect

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Energy-efficient lighting. Check. Solar panels. Check. Wind turbines?

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In 2015, I took advantage of my utility company’s program to swap out all my overhead lighting in my office building, an energy-efficiency program subsidized by all ratepayers. This resulted in a small savings on my utility bill. This year I had solar panels installed on the office building. Using the utility company’s net metering

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Hurricane Matthew is super strong — because of climate change

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Think Progress October 5, 2016 “Category 4 and 5 hurricanes could double or triple in the coming decades,” expert warns. By Dr. Joe Romm, Founding Editor of Climate Progress Hurricane Matthew is slowly approaching the East Coast where it is expected to wreak havoc with storm surge, wind, and rain. Matthew has already set a number

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Beaufort group: Offshore drilling, seismic testing threatens our livelihoods

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The Beaufort Gazette October 3, 2016 By Stephen Fastenau Some northern Beaufort County businesses and organizations have joined a new organization of merchants up and down the Atlantic coast opposing off-shore oil exploration. The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast formed during a meeting in North Myrtle Beach earlier this month. The group’s primary

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Stop the feds from destroying SC coastal economy

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The Beaufort Gazette and the Hilton Head Island Packet October 4, 2016 By Frank Knapp Jr., Special to The Beaufort Gazette and The Island Packet The Obama administration is very close to unleashing an underwater sonic boom attack off our Atlantic Coast, including South Carolina’s. You probably have two immediate questions. What am I talking

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Why big business also supports the Clean Power Plan

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The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, American Sustainable Business Council and 23 other business organizations that filed a Friend of the Court brief in support of the Clean Power Plan made the case for small businesses defending the EPA effort to reduce carbon pollution.  It’s all about protecting our local economies (ex. minimizing

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COUICK: Best decision made for two nuclear units

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Statehouse Report September 30, 2016 By Michael N. Couick, special to Statehouse Report The consumers’ advocates at the state Office of Regulatory Staff negotiated an important settlement that could have a positive effect on millions of South Carolina electricity users, and we hope the state Public Service Commission will agree. The agreement was reached between

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