Charleston Post and Courier December 11, 2019 By Bo Petersen No pipelines, no refineries, no oil tank farms: If the Trump administration goes ahead leasing the South Carolina offshore waters for oil testing and drilling, the state would keep the work from coming into port. That was the point to…
Republican Fervor Ebbs for Offshore Drilling
The Wall Street Journal November 29, 2019 Shift in sentiment waylays Trump administration push for oil drilling off Southeast coast By Timothy Puko and Andrew Duehren CHARLESTON, S.C.—The wake from Chip Campsen’s fishing boat has rippled all the way from the South Carolina coast to the White House. Mr. Campsen…
National parks and offshore oil
In June of 2017, then Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke told the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that maintenance and repair revenues for our national parks was woefully inadequate. Zinke blamed a significant drop in federal royalty revenue from offshore oil drilling as the reason. These revenues…
Klobuchar, Yang, Steyer, Castro, Gabbard, Buttigieg Failing Litmus Test
PRESS RELEASE Date: October 7, 2019 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Klobuchar, Yang, Steyer, Castro, Gabbard, Buttigieg Failing Litmus Test Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Six Democratic presidential candidates asked for Day One commitment Columbia, SC—On October 15th twelve candidates will participate…
Opinion: Opposing offshore drilling should not be conditional
Hilton Head Island Packet October 4, 2019 By Frank Knapp Jr. Special to The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette Coastal voters strongly want to protect our shore from offshore oil drilling and the inevitable spills and leaks that would devastate our marine life and coastal tourism, commercial fishing and…
U.S. House passes ban on offshore drilling in the Atlantic. No SC GOP Representative supported the bill
September 12, 2019 The US House passed H.R. 1941 yesterday. The bill was sponsored by South Carolina Representative Joe Cunningham and bans offshore drilling for oil in the Atlantic, Pacific and the Straits of Florida. The bill now goes to the GOP controlled Senate where it will likely die without…
ACTION ALERT!!! U.S House to vote on banning Offshore Oil Drilling this week. Call S.C. Representatives NOW!
September 9, 2019 As early as tomorrow the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a bill, sponsored by South Carolina’s Joe Cunningham, to prohibit the leasing of federal waters for offshore oil drilling along the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and in the Straits of Florida. It is critical that…
Kamala Harris Onboard with Day One Action Plan on Offshore Drilling. Litmus test campaign picking up speed.
PRESS RELEASE Date: September 5, 2019 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Kamala Harris Onboard with Day One Action Plan on Offshore Drilling Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC—With Hurricane Dorian demonstrating the destructive fury awaiting any oil drilling rigs that the…
Thanks Booker campaign
A big THANK YOU to the Cory Booker campaign for including comments from the SC Small Business Chamber in its press release today (see below). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2019 Cory Booker Releases Historic Climate and Environmental Justice Plan That Would Directly Impact South Carolina Columbia, SC — Today, Cory…
Sanders Calls for Day One Action Plan on Offshore Drilling. Three other candidates fall just short of litmus test.
PRESS RELEASE Date: September 4, 2019 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Sanders Calls For Day One Action Plan on Offshore Drilling Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC—Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has recently released an extensive plan to move the nation…