Register: BCCA Meeting Sept. 15 at 3 PM ET President Biden’s Executive Order 14008 initiated a multi-year process, called America the Beautiful, to conserve biodiversity and habitats, address climate change, and enhance the resilience of our natural resources and communities. Businesses for Conservation and Climate Action (BCCA) is making sure that small businesses have …
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December 3, 2020 We just joined our peers in signing on to ensure climate action becomes a national priority in 2021. Will you join us by signing on to the We Are All In statement? This is THE opportunity to signal to the incoming administration and Congress that the path to economic recovery from COVID …
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August 12, 12- 1 PM ET A growing number of private sector companies, business leaders and business associations are leading in addressing the climate crisis through innovations in their supply chains, reducing overall energy usage, shifting to renewables, changing the mix of their investments, and engaging on policy. ASBC convenes this triple bottom-line community. To address …
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The Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce is holding an Environmental & Energy Conference this Friday and Saturday in Georgetown. The event will feature workshops, panel discussions and interactive booths/vendors. “Our natural environment and the sustenance it provides are vital parts of the Gullah Geechee culture,” states Marilyn Hemingway, CEO/President of the Gullah Geechee Chamber. “We …
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New York Times October 17, 2019 By Christopher Flavelle WASHINGTON — Home values could fall significantly. Banks could stop lending to flood-prone communities. Towns could lose the tax money they need to build sea walls and other protections. These are a few of the warnings published on Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of San …
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The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) has long been concerned about climate change and the negative impact on the economy in general and small businesses in particular. The SCSBCC believes that the state’s coastal tourism economy is threatened by future sea level rise due to carbon pollution caused climate change. In May …
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin testified before the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change at its hearing this morning on how state and local leaders are responding to the climate crisis in the wake of President Trump’s intent to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. You can his testomoney …
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The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has posted online its report, Tropical Cyclone Florence in South Carolina. Florence came to the North Carolina and South Carolina coast in September of 2018 causing widespread flooding. The SCDNR report includes maps showing the extent of the devastation in our state. The report cites Loris as receiving …
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BY JEFF SPROSS, ClimateProgress FEBRUARY 5, 2014 AT 3:55 PM New research predicts that by 2100, damage from flooding and rising seas could cost the world almost a tenth of its economy. The paper, by researchers at the University of Southampton, modeled the economic effects of future sea level rise, using various projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of future …
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