SC Senate Takes 1st Permanent Step Against Offshore Drilling

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The Advocate of South Carolina Small Business 1717 Gervais Street • Columbia • SC • 29201 www.scsbc.org • (803) 252-5733   PRESS RELEASE Date:       January 15, 2020 From:      South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject:   BREAKING NEWS: SC Senate Takes 1st Permanent Step Against Offshore Drilling Contact:   Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org …

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Opponents of Offshore Drilling: Join us at the State House at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow

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Come show your support for new Senate action to stop onshore infrastructure related to offshore drilling. Senators Chip Campsen, Governor Henry McMaster, Attorney General Alan Wilson and other legislative leaders will hold a press conference tomorrow in Columbia to announce the latest effort to stop drilling for oil off the South Carolina Coast. WHEN: Wednesday, …

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Editorial: Stop offshore oil any way we can Top of Form

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Post and Courier April 14, 2019 Two offshore oil-related bills in the state House of Representatives seem to be stuck until next year. In an ideal world, the issue would be moot by then. Indeed, any debate ought to have ended some time ago. One bill, sponsored by Republican Rep. Peter McCoy and Democratic Rep. …

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Despite bipartisan uproar over offshore drilling, coastal Republicans back Trump Interior pick

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Think Progress April 11, 2019 By E.A. Crunden The Senate easily confirmed former oil lobbyist David Bernhardt to serve as secretary of the Interior Department (DOI) on Thursday, even as coastal senators failed to obtain a guarantee from the official on offshore drilling, which is opposed by every East and West Coast state. Senators confirmed …

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ACTION ALERT!! State legislators to vote Wednesday on protecting our coast

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April 9, 2019 The House Environmental Affairs Subcommittee is holding a public meeting on Wednesday, April 10th, to hear testimony on two bills. One of the bills (H.3087) would prohibit the facilitation of offshore oil along the South Carolina coast by blocking the development of and infrastructure needed for offshore oil transportation or storage in …

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Dems give vulnerable Joe Cunningham a gift: A chance to deliver a top campaign pledge

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The State March 26, 2019 By Emma Dumain U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham won his seat in Congress in 2018 in large part by promising to fight to ban offshore drilling. As the Charleston Democrat enters a tough fight for re-election in 2020, his party leadership is giving him a political gift: the chance to lead …

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Oil drilling near the beach is not a popular idea in SC, Winthrop poll finds

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The State March 21, 2019 BY SAMMY FRETWELL Columbia—Not only do most South Carolina residents oppose oil drilling off the coast, but they also are against blasting the ocean with loud noises to locate petroleum deposits, a new Winthrop University poll says. The poll of 1,000 residents found that 56 percent oppose oil drilling and …

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Fight against seismic testing ramps up with another legal action

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The Outer Banks Voice February 21, 2019 By Mark Hibbs A group of conservation organizations this week asked a federal judge to block the start of any seismic exploration for oil and natural gas off the East Coast until after a pending legal challenge is heard in court. The groups, which include the North Carolina …

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On offshore drilling, Mark Sanford and Joe Cunningham find their legacies are linked

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The State Myrtle Beach Sun News Hilton Head Island Packet Anderson Independent Mail February 16, 2019 By Emma Dumain Mark Sanford was already out of office, settling back into civilian life by unpacking boxes of files and odds and ends from his years in Congress and the S.C. Governor’s Mansion, when he got a phone …

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