Today was big day for the South Carolina Small Business Chamber in our efforts to protect our small business tourism industry from the coming impact of rising seas due to climate change. This morning we rolled out our new sea level rise education project at a press event in Charleston. The project, called South Carolina […]
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The HillJuly 3, 2013 The first decade of the 21st century was the warmest on record and “continued an extended period of pronounced global warming,” according to the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The group’s new reportsays the decade ending in 2010 was marked by “dramatic climate and weather extremes,” such as the European
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The Washington PostJune 27, 2013 By J.D. Harrison Most small business owners support some of the climate control and clean energy plans outlined this week by the Obama administration, according to a poll released Thursday. More than three-fourths (79 percent) of small employers think the the government should set a national goal to increase energy
Reveals Strong Bipartisan Support for Clean, Safe Energy, Including Measures in Obama’s Climate Plans Large Majorities in Both Parties Want Increased Limits on Carbon Emissions, Energy Efficiency, Disclosure of Chemicals Used in Fracking and More To view the full survey results, visit: http://bit.ly/ASBCEnergyEnvironmentPollReport June 27, 2013, Washington, D.C. – A national, scientific poll shows that
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At 1:35 pm EST today, June 25th, President Obama will speak at Georgetown University on the growing threat of climate change. He will lay out his vision of where we need to go to do what we can to address and prepare for the serious implications of a changing climate. Tune in at whitehouse.gov/live. A video
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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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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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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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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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