Climate / Energy

Christie declares climate change an “esoteric theory” and blames scientists

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This morning NBC’s Matt Lauer asked New Jersey Governor Chris Christie if he was concerned that the Governor’s positive relationship with President Obama would hurt his political future.  Christie said that he wasn’t worried.  Then Christie immediately pivoted from being a voice of bipartisanship and threw red meat to the GOP primary voters in 2016.  […]

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The IRS and Syria…investigative reporting must reads

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Yesterday’s New York Times had excellent investigative stories about two of today’s major news stories. First, Nicholas Confessore, David Kocieniewski and Michael Luo give you the real inside story on how the IRS managed, or more accurately mismanaged, operations in its Exempt Organizations Division in Cincinnati that has resulted in all the partisan turmoil in

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Inglis still pushing for business solution to climate change

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Former South Carolina Congressman Bob Inglis continues to lead the effort to promote a responsible business model for addressing climate change that is the biggest threat to our state’s future tourism economy.  He might have lost his re-election some years ago partially because of his willingness to tell the truth about climate change, but he

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Locally owned businesses can help communities thrive — and survive climate change

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GristApril 26, 2013 By Stacy Mitchell Cities where small, locally owned businesses account for a relatively large share of the economy have stronger social networks, more engaged citizens, and better success solving problems, according to several recently published studies. And in the face of climate change, those are just the sort of traits that communities

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Yesterday: Big business wins two, small business picks up one

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It was a busy day yesterday for the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce.  Two Senate subcommittees and the House Ways and Means Committee held meetings on legislation we supported.  Unfortunately two of these bills did not get the favorable votes we wanted.The morning started out with a Senate subcommittee on S.145, a bill that

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ACTION ALERT!!

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Allow 3rd Party Financing of Solar Panels Bill would make solar energy affordable for homes and commercial buildings Don’t let the state’s energy companies do what they did in the S.C. House—stop a bill that will allow 3rd parties to finance solar panels on buildings and sell the electricity to the occupant owners. A public

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Bipartisanship breaks out in SC and US Senates

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This week a handful of Republican and Democratic Senators in Columbia and Washington found common ground on two important issues. In Columbia 15 Senators of both parties have introduced legislation to allow a third party to finance and own solar panels on a home or commercial building and sell the electricity to the building owners. 

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