Environment

EDITORIAL: Rice joins coastal protection chorus

Charleston Post and Courier November 15, 2015 Coastal South Carolina is a diverse region representing a broad range of people, incomes and lifestyles from Hilton Head to North Myrtle Beach. But there’s one sentiment that residents share — their love of the coast, with its beaches, its marshes, rivers and creeks. They don’t want to […]

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South Carolina GOP Congressmen oppose offshore drilling

Charleston Post and Courier November 15, 2015 Congressman Mark Sanford “Some of the loudest voices for drilling have been from representatives or others who live a long way from the area,” he said. “It’s neat to have an opinion 200 miles from the coast about something that’s going to happen on the coast.” “The local

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Columbia’s 79-year flood

Thanks to all who have checked up on me to see how I have survived the flooding in Columbia. I and my family are fine. Unfortunately many residents and businesses fell victims to the onslaught of rushing water from our rivers, streams and breached earthen dams. South Carolina’s emergency response agencies have performed flawlessly and

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Beaufort-Port Royal sea-level panel offers county airport suggestions

Hilton Head Island Packet September 29, 2015 BY STEPHEN FASTENAU Beaufort-Port Royal sea level panel offers airport suggestions The Beaufort County Airport and Federal Aviation Administration should consider the effects of climate change and sea level rise in future safety improvements, a local environmental panel wrote in a letter this month to the FAA’s district

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GOP Presidential candidates and U.S. House members inch forward on climate change

I confess that I did not watch the Republican Presidential debate last night to the bitter, 3-hour end. I wonder how many viewers started out as I did and just got tired of it all. Fortunately we have reporters who get paid to watch the entire show. If it wasn’t for them, we probably would

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Keystone XL pipeline decision expected soon

There are strong rumors that President Obama will soon announce his decision, possibly within days or by the end of August, on the Keystone XL pipeline. He will either throw his support to the private Canadian oil company that wants to build the pipeline into our country to send the dirtiest, high-carbon oil from the

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Santee Cooper’s anti-solar policy proposal

  Friends — As other South Carolina utilities are improving customer access to our abundant solar resource, Santee Cooper has proposed adoption of punitive rates for customers that want to produce some of their own power. If adopted, the proposal would represent one of the most aggressive anti-solar policies in the country and run counter

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New EPA Power Plan Rules: A chicken in every pot not the unemployment line

Next week the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release its Clean Power Plan that set’s a goal for each state to reduce carbon pollution in an effort to slow down climate change and its negative and costly consequences. States will be able to develop their own plans for how to achieve their carbon pollution

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Bad News for Climate-Change Deniers

“If I’m president of the United States, we’re going to address climate change, CO2 emissions in a business-friendly way.”  Lindsey Graham, June 7, 2015 The New York Times By Anna North July 27, 2015 Republican presidential candidates have generally refused to acknowledge the reality of climate change. New polls and a report issued last week

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