Three interesting developments in the area of energy/climate this week. First, a blog in The Hill yesterday summarizes 4 recent poll results from ABC News/Washington Post, Wall Street Journal/NBC, USA Today/Gallup and Benenson Strategy Group. All showed strong public support for regulating greenhouse gasses and renewable energy. The blogger, David Di Martino, concludes, “American voters […]
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By Sammy Fretwell, The State Charleston will have to spend heavily to protect itself if sea level rises by nearly a foot in the next 90 years, those attending a climate change conference heard Tuesday. Economist Harry Miley said the city would need to fortify sea walls and relocate roads, while suffering the impact of
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Climate change is coming, with tremendous economic impacts, so the best thing to do is to prepare for the changes, two researches told a business roundtable Tuesday. University of South Carolina geography professor Greg Carbone, and Miley and Associates economist Harry Miley looked at the possible physical and economic impacts of climate change on South
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The S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Climate and Energy Business Roundtable from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Clarion Hotel Downtown in Columbia. There is no charge to attend. “The Climate and Energy Business Roundtable will discuss the physical and economic consequences climate change may have on South Carolina, as well as
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By Paul Alongi, The Greenville News U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina broke ranks with Republicans on Sunday, announcing that he is working with a Democratic colleague on climate change legislation. Graham co-authored an op-ed in The New York Times with Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts that said they believe they have found a “framework for climate legislation” that
Florence Morning News June 21, 2009 By Frank Knapp Jr. In a guest column that ran in the Charleston Post & Courier on July 6, 2007, I said that Santee Cooper’s proposed coal-fired plant in Florence County was a bad business decision. Building the plant would be a bad, long-term investment. It would create an
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By Molly Parkermparker@scbiznews.com Published Dec. 11, 2008 in Charleston Regional Business Journal Two of the state’s business chambers exchanged terse words Wednesday about Santee Cooper’s plans to build a coal plant on the Great Pee Dee River. In a news conference in Columbia, Frank Knapp, president of the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce, called
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By Tim Smith, Greenville News December 11, 2008 COLUMBIA — Two groups opposed to a new coal-fired power plant proposed by Santee Cooper on Wednesday asked that Gov. Mark Sanford convene a meeting of Santee Cooper’s advisory board to review the project. The request is the latest move by environmental organizations in a war over
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By Sammy Fretwell, The State Published January 29, 2007 Gov. Mark sanford says global warming is a fact and he’s organizing a commission to determine how South Carolina can best fight the problem. “Climate change is real,” Sanford said in an interview with The State last week. “We’re looking at this as an opportunity to
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By Kyle Stock, The Post and Courier Published May 26, 2006 COLUMBIA – Corporate America is warming up to climate change. And it does not have much choice, if you ask the headliners who spoke Thursday at the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural conference on global warming. The insurance and tourism industries are
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