Small businesses hit as climate change floods Charleston’s historic district

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ABC4 News Charleston, SC August 26, 2022 by John Upton (Climate Central), Sonya Stevens (ABC 4) and Charistin Clark (ABC 4) This story was produced through a collaboration between ABC News 4 Charleston and Climate Central, a nonadvocacy science and news organization. Alanna Elder (Climate Central) and Kelly Van Baalen (Climate Central) contributed data reporting. …

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Climate Change and Sea Level Rise

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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 …

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7/24/15 Newsletter: Regulations, Sea Level Rise, Internships & More

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Regulations SBA Administrator, Maria Contreras-Sweet, has appointed South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Frank Knapp as Chair of the Region IV Regulatory Fairness Board of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Regulatory Fairness Board is an uncompensated body that has a representative from each state that advises the National Ombudsman. Knapp …

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Small Business Chamber head urges city officials to prepare for rising sea levels

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By Paul Bowers | Charleston City Paper Sandy Bridges, co-owner of Charleston Hammock Co., is concerned about the threat of rising waters The ocean is rising. We live on the coast. What are we going to do about it? That’s the question being posed by Frank Knapp, president of the S.C. Small Business Chamber of …

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Businesses Lead on Sea Level Rise and Climate Change

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December 2nd, 2013 › Clean Energy, Climate Action › Chris Carnevale › This post is part four of a blog series on sea level rise, being developed concurrent with the new IPCC climate report, Florida Atlantic University’s Sea Level Rise Summit in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Oct. 16 – 17, and the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy’s …

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Climate Change’s Biggest Threats Are Those We Aren’t Ready For: Report

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12/3/13 By Kate Sheppard, The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Climatic changes — and the results of those changes — could occur within decades or even sooner, and they are becoming a greater concern for scientists, according to a new paper from the National Academy of Sciences. “The most challenging changes are the abrupt ones,” said …

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FL seas level rise alliance good model for SC

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The New York TimesNovember 11, 2013 South Florida Faces Ominous Prospects From Rising Waters By NICK MADIGAN MIAMI BEACH — In the most dire predictions, South Florida’s delicate barrier islands, coastal communities and captivating subtropical beaches will be lost to the rising waters in as few as 100 years. Further inland, the Everglades, the river …

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Superstorm Sandy’s warning about our future

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  Today is the one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy that devastated the New York and New Jersey coastal communities.  Sandy wasn’t a hurricane but the cost in terms of dollars was enormous. –$2.4 billion authorized by the SBA in disaster loans for residents and businesses –$2.7 billion in funding to municipalities for clean-up, infrastructure …

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UN climate report: Humans are ‘dominant’ cause of global warming

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The Hill’s Energy & Environment BlogBy Ben Geman               A United Nations climate science panel has concluded there’s at least a 95 percent chance human activities are the main driver of global warming over the last six decades.   “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are …

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When it comes to predicting the impact of EPA rules, we can’t trust the utility companies

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Seven times either I or the SC Small Business Chamber has intervened in rate hearings for SCE&G and Duke Energy.  Seven times the public was told that these power companies had to have every penny of their rate hike proposal or their world would come to an end.  Seven times their rate increases have been …

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