One of the reasons the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce opposes bills in the Legislature that would fundamentally alter our state’s workers’ compensation laws is that these bills would externalize certain costs of big businesses related to their injured workers. So what does that mean? Simply put it…
Take this Senator McConnell
The Courier-Journal November 9, 2015 Fighting climate change could bolster KY economy By Andrea Wilson Mueller It’s always a huge disappointment when Kentucky leaders continually focus on scare tactics instead of things that actually impact Kentucky businesses. Our incoming governor, Matt Bevin, is making it a priority not only to…
An unbelievable achievement in the fight against offshore drilling
How hard is it to get 100% agreement or participation on anything? It’s never done. Never! Well, that remarkable achievement has been accomplished and it not on some non-controversial issue. This week it was announced that Briarcliffe Acres, a small town on the South Carolina coast, has become the 23rd…
Will the promise of carbon tax revenue motivate a GOP Congress
Last week I had a visit from Mark Gould, Group Leader of the Charleston SC Chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, “a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change.” Joining us was Caleb Pennington, a University of South Carolina student, who is starting a Citizens’…
New Report Shows Growing Market Potential for Safer Chemicals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2015 Contact: at end New Report Shows Growing Market Potential for Safer Chemicals Study is First to Build Comprehensive Picture of Financial Costs and Benefits WASHINGTON, DC – A new report finds significant market growth potential for safer, less toxic chemicals. The report from Trucost,…
Snow makes deniers smile
Saturday’s snow in South Carolina and other states not accustomed to seeing the white stuff in early November probably resulted in climate-change deniers making silly comments about the unusual weather being proof that there is no such thing as global warming. But Sunday’s AR5 report (Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental…
Everybody I know wants clean drinking water
If there is one community that understands what it means to have local drinking water contaminated, it’s Charleston, West Virginia. In January of this year, a chemical leak from an above ground storage tank allowing a toxic chemical into the Elk River. Approximately 300,000 citizens lost their clean drinking water. …
SBA Invitation: Green is Good for Small Business Profits
You are invited to attend Green is Good for Small Business Profits—a free webinar on October 21st at 10am ET sponsored by the US Small Business Administration Region 8 in Denver. Join national experts to gain tools on how to harness the benefits of ‘sustainable’ businesses practices. My friend from…
Renewable energy sources gain ground
Small business owners want our country to transition to a clean energy economy. That was the overwhelming response we heard from the small businesses we contacted up and down the South Carolina coast during our sea level rise education project (South Carolina Businesses Acting on Rising Seas, SCBARS.org). In a…
Advocacy group says new poll shows support among small business owners for stronger clean water rules
By Chris Adams McClatchy Washington Bureau July 23, 2014 WASHINGTON — A progressive business advocacy group said that small business owners from around the country support greater efforts by the federal government to protect the nation’s water, according to a poll the group commissioned. The poll of small-business owners found…