Hilton Head Island Packet October 10, 2017 By Frank Knapp Jr. Special to The Island Packet Hurricane Harvey’s extensive flooding of the Houston area resulted in massive physical damage that was easily visible. However, it is the less visible damage that threatens lives after the flood waters recede. The Houston area has 41 Superfund sites. […]
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As South Carolina waits to find out if Hurricane Irma will impact the state, Hurricane Harvey has shown us there is more than wind and water damage to worry about — toxic waste. When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designates a toxic waste site as a Superfund site, it means it is one of the nation’s highest
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Nine members of the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast met with 22 Congressional offices on March 30th and 31st. Our Hill Day volunteers came from Maine to Florida and represented the hospitality, fishing, investment and general business community (see below for a list of BAPAC participants). The elected leaders and their staffs heard
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This is our last chance to make permanent protection of the Atlantic from offshore oil drilling a reality. We made the in-person pitches last month in Washington with our first sign-on letter. Now we understand that our request is seriously being considered by the Obama administration to take this unusual (but legal) action. We just need one more big push. Please sign your business or business organization
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The below letter was sent to all the businesses and business organizations that signed a letter to President Obama calling for no seismic testing or offshore drilling along the Atlantic Coast. As a member/supporter of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber, which co-founded the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast, this letter is for
A great week of fighting offshore drilling Read More »
“President Obama, it’s time to protect our Atlantic Coast from offshore drilling forever.” That was the powerful message delivered to the Administration on Monday by the Business Alliance for Protecting (BAPAC) the Atlantic Coast, which the South Carolina Small Business Chamber co-founded this past September. Billionaire Tom Steyer joined the call for a permanent ban
The Virginia-Pilot November 16, 2016 By Dave Mayfield Facing a new president who has said he favors opening the East Coast to oil and gas exploration, some environmental groups are pressing President Barack Obama to declare the waters off Virginia and other Atlantic states permanently off-limits to drilling before he leaves office in January. “Let’s
As Trump takeover nears, Obama asked to take stronger steps against Atlantic drilling Read More »
Coastal Review 11/17/2016 by Mark Hibbs MOREHEAD CITY — A group of business leaders representing interests up and down the East Coast, including chambers of commerce, restaurant associations, commercial fishing groups and real estate organizations, are urging President Obama to use a provision of federal law to try and permanently block seismic surveying for oil
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Thanks to all who contacted Sen. Graham about today’s vote in the Senate to bribe South Carolina and other Atlantic Coast states to get their support for offshore drilling. While Senator Graham did vote to move S.3110 forward, the bill failed to get the 60 votes it needed to stay alive. Only 51 Senators voted
Offshore Drilling Bribe Rejected….THANKS! Read More »
South Carolina local coastal governments, businesses and citizens overwhelmingly oppose drilling off the Atlantic Coast for oil. So the oil companies and their supporters in Congress want to bribe states like South Carolina to agree to allow offshore drilling by giving them a small cut of revenues from any future oil and gas development. Call
