South Strand News June 13th, 2018 By: Clayton Stairs After a recent announcement by the American Petroleum Institute about a new coalition in support of increased access to U.S. offshore oil and natural gas resources, oil drilling opponents say it is a “fake” coalition. API held a phone conference…
Testing could unleash toxic waste, leaders say
The State June 10, 2018 BY TONY PUGH, McClatchy WASHINGTON In a long-shot bid to stop seismic testing for oil and gas in the Atlantic Ocean, coastal business leaders and elected officials are raising concerns the tests could cause toxins to leak from vast amounts of conventional munitions, chemical weapons…
API Launches Offshore Drilling Coalition
Frank Knapp Jr., president and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement in response to the American Petroleum Industry’s launch of Explore Offshore, that “the petroleum industry knows that it is in serious jeopardy of not getting the permits it wants to conduct…
Big Oil’s “Fake” Coalition
PRESS STATEMENT Date: June 5, 2018 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Big Oil’s “Fake” Coalition Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Below is a statement of Frank Knapp Jr., President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce regarding the…
Opinion: The PSC is still carrying water for SCE&G, and it could cost you
The State June 4, 2018 By Frank Knapp Jr., Guest Columnist Columbia, SC The South Carolina Public Service Commission has been pummeled with criticism for well over a year for approving SCANA’s construction cost overruns and nine rate hikes related to the now-abandoned nuclear reactors in Fairfield County. Customers of…
Opinion: Sadly, the New Tax Complexities Will Cost Entrepreneurs
Morning Consult May 25, 2018 By Anne Zimmerman The House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday optimistically called “Tax Reform and Small Businesses: Growing Our Economy and Creating Jobs.” I say optimistic because the evidence is stacking up that this tax law does little to help…
Pollution, not explosions, big threat from weapon dumps off South Carolina, Navy diver says
Charleston Post and Courier May 22, 2018 Watch entire press conference at WCSC-TV (including break to watch C-17s fly over) By Bo Petersen Jim Barton speaks at press conference The real danger of disturbing hundreds of thousands of tons of unexploded bombs, poison gas and barrels of radioactive waste on the…
Tax law supporters rally for Republicans in tough races
Frank Knapp Jr., co-chair of the group, said that workers aren’t seeing the benefits of the tax law, and if the law did what its supporters alleged it would, “those big business organizations would not have to be working so hard.” The Hill May 20, 2018 By Naomi Jagoda Business…
Hands Across the Sand event planned for North Litchfield Beach
South Strand News May 17, 2018 By Clayton Stairs People concerned about the future of the world’s oceans will join hands May 19 on beaches around the globe. Locally, a grassroots organization called Stop Offshore Drilling in the Atlantic, known as SODA, will host its third annual Hands Across the…
Opinion: ‘No scientific evidence’ on seismic testing misleading
Charleston Post and Courier May 16, 2018 BY FRANK KNAPP JR. Before March 2015, had anyone dared suggest that seismic surveys commonly used to explore for oil and gas deposits in marine environments might have a harmful effect on zooplankton, the response from the trade association for seismic survey companies…