By Paul Bowers | Charleston City Paper Sandy Bridges, co-owner of Charleston Hammock Co., is concerned about the threat of rising waters The ocean is rising. We live on the coast. What are we going to do about it? That’s the question being posed by Frank Knapp, president of the S.C. Small Business Chamber of […]
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Charleston Post and Courier April 23, 2014 By David Slade Marine science projects, including one involving a blue crab running on a treadmill, were on display in a James Island research building Tuesday as a U.S. senator arrived to learn more about climate change. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) is already well-versed on the subject, as
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The New York Times By THE EDITORIAL BOARD April 20, 2014 Next year, in December, delegates from more than 190 nations will gather in Paris to take another shot at completing a new global treaty on climate change. This will be the 21st Conference of the Parties under United Nations auspices since the first summit meeting in Rio
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The New York Times April 18, 2014 By PAUL KRUGMAN The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which pools the efforts of scientists around the globe, has begun releasing draft chapters from its latest assessment, and, for the most part, the reading is as grim as you might expect. We are still on the road to catastrophe without
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Charleston City Paper ran a great story about our SCBARS project. However, while the blue tape in phase 1 of the project did represent the water level under a 6 foot sea level rise, in today’s phase 2, we are simply asking businesses to put the blue tape up anywhere on their building to show their
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You might be interested in attending two events in Columbia next week. Monday, April 14, at 9:30 a.m. in room 209 of the Gressette Building–The Public Service Commission (PSC) Screening Subcommittee will be interviewing potential candidates to serve on the PSC. The PSC is the state regulatory agency that oversees all public utilities in the
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The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce sent the below letter to members of the state Senate today in support for S.536 which would advance the use of solar energy in the state. A vote on this bill might come as early as today in the full Senate. If you would like to send
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This week the U.S. House is scheduled to vote on a bill that will instruct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to prioritize their funded efforts to predicting storms and de-emphasize work on climate change. The bill’s author, Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) is rightfully concerned about tornadoes that have caused much damage and loss
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By Frank Knapp Jr. The Hill March 17, 2014 Secretary of State John Kerry needs to talk with U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. Better yet, he should come see the South Carolina coast firsthand. Last year, Jewell toured Bulls Island and witnessed how only a 1-foot rise in sea level over the last century has
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In January it was the toxic contamination of the Elk River in West Virginia that shut down the water supply to 300,000 people in the Charleston area. Last month it was the heavy metal, toxic chemical carcinogens that spewed into the Dan River in North Carolina from which we are still accessing the negative impact.
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