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New tool to assess vulnerability from sea level rise

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Below is a statement from the President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Frank Knapp Jr., regarding this morning’s release by Climate Central of a comprehensive new interactive tool to assess flooding vulnerability from sea level rise along the South Carolina coast. ———————————————————————————————————————————— “Today Climate Central has released a comprehensive […]

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Coastal Flooding Has Surged Along Eastern Seaboard, Investigation Finds

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The Huffington Post Reuters 07/10/2014 By Ryan McNeill and Deborah J. Nelson Coastal flooding along the densely populated Eastern Seaboard of the United States has surged in recent years, a Reuters analysis has found. During the past four decades, the number of days a year that tidal waters reached or exceeded National Oceanic and Atmospheric

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Doctors: Climate change harming our patients right now

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(June 26, 2014)  How is climate change affecting the U.S. today? According to hundreds of doctors from the National Medical Association, it already causes great harm to their patients. At a press event yesterday in Washington, D.C., medical and public health experts, as well as patients, discussed the immediate impact of climate change — and

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Small business owners in coastal states have a unique concern about climate change

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The small business owner’s poll released this week by the American Sustainable Business Council has drawn national attention (here and here) primarily for the results showing that 87 percent of small businesses indicated that the effects of climate change could harm their businesses and 64 percent supporting government regulations of carbon emissions from power plants.

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Small business owners: Climate change will mean higher energy costs

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With the summer heat making electric meters spin at homes and businesses across the country, it is no wonder why 53 percent of the respondents to the just released poll of small businesses said that higher energy costs resulting from uncontrolled climate change could harm their business in the future.  The complete results from the

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Are small businesses worried about climate change? You betcha!

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Businesses Fear Climate Change New Poll Shows Business Owners Worried 87% See Climate Change as Po­tentially Harmful to their Business, 64% Believe Govern­ment Needs to Regulate Carbon Emissions from Power Plants WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), which represents a membership network of more than 200,000 businesses, released new poll results

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The Risky Business of Climate Change

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“The U.S. economy faces significant risks from unmitigated climate change. The Risky Business report presents a new approach to understanding these risks for key U.S. business sectors, and provides business leaders with a framework for measuring and mitigating their own exposure to climate risk.” That is the message of a report “The Economic Risks of

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Small business owner supports EPA “Waters of the USA” rule

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The Environmental Protection Agency has put forth a “Waters of the USA” rule which, of course, has caused some controversy with folks who believe that businesses would be better off with no regulations to protect the nation’s water sources. Eric Henry of TS Designs and a member of the American Sustainable Business Council testified this

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Businesses also benefit from the EPA’s carbon emissions regulations

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The Washington Post Letter to the Editor June 10, 2014 It’s no surprise that the Environmental Protection Agency’s move to regulate carbon emissions has stirred up controversy or that critics are being misleading about the effect these rules would have on our economy [“EPA to seek cuts in coal plants’ emissions,” front page, June 2].

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South Carolina: The perfect case study for new EPA Clean Power Plan rules

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The Hill’s Congress Blog June 5, 2014 By Frank Knapp Jr. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released proposed rules for reducing carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants in an effort to address the negative impacts of climate change.  Power plants contribute about 40 percent of the country’s carbon pollution. Transitioning to a clean

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